Definition of cuticles Cuticles
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What does cuticles mean?
Wiktionary 
- cuticles (Noun)
Plural of cuticle.
Part of speech
🔤- cuticles, noun, plural of cuticle.
WordNet
NounPlural: cuticles |
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| cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail | ||
| cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | ||
| epidermis | ||
| stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | ||
| cutis, tegument, skin an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" | ||
| epidermal cell any of the cells making up the epidermis | ||
| corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off | ||
| stratum lucidum the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles | ||
| stratum granulosum the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface | ||
| malpighian layer, rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum the innermost layer of the epidermis | ||
| cuticle - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | ||
| carapace, shell, shield | ||
| scute large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake | ||
| mollusc, mollusk, shellfish invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | ||
| arthropod invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin | ||
| turtle any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming | ||
| cuticula the outer body wall of an insect | ||
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Wiktionary
- cuticle (Noun)
The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis. - cuticle (Noun)
The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. - cuticle (Noun)
Dead or cornified epidermis. - cuticle (Noun)
A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants. - cuticle (Noun)
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cuticle (n.)
The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin. - cuticle (n.)
The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems. - cuticle (n.)
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Wikipedia 
- In biology, a cuticle is something that covers the outside of living things called organisms. Cuticles are usually tough but also bendable.
Part of speech
🔤- cuticle, noun, singular of cuticles.
