cuticula

American  

[kyoo-tik-yuh-luh] / kjuˈtɪk jə lə /

noun

• cuticulae
  plural

1. Zoology. cuticle.

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cuticula British  

/ kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə /

noun

1. anatomy cuticle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cuticulae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cuticula

1615–25; < New Latin, Latin; see cuticle

Example Sentences

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cuticula

The new cuticula, which is pale, elastic and thin at first, soon becomes thicker, strongly chitinized and dark.

From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg

The outer common coat, consists of the cuticula, or true skin, and is called the scrotum, and hangs from the abdomen like a purse; the inner is the membrana carnosa.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Hypoderm -is: the cellular layer which secretes the chitinous cuticula and in this sense = epidermis: specifically applied to the lining membrane of elytral and hemelytra.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

But the comparative inelasticity of his chitinized cuticula prevents the actual expansion, to any considerable degree, of his body mass.

From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg

Another dragon had crawled up above the water on a plant-stem and was also "moulting its chitinized cuticula."

From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg