cuticula
Americannoun
plural
cuticulaenoun
Etymology
Origin of cuticula
1615–25; < New Latin, Latin; cuticle
Example Sentences
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The new cuticula, which is pale, elastic and thin at first, soon becomes thicker, strongly chitinized and dark.
From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
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 Smith, John. B.
Epiderma -is: the cellular layer of the skin, underlying and secreting the cuticula: incorrectly applied to the outer skin or cuticle.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
But the comparative inelasticity of his chitinized cuticula prevents the actual expansion, to any considerable degree, of his body mass.
From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
Potest quoque cuticula quae supra nervum est sui, et pulvis ruber superaspergatur.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
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