cuticula
Americannoun
plural
cuticulaenoun
Etymology
Origin of cuticula
1615–25; < New Latin, Latin; see cuticle
Example Sentences
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Another dragon had crawled up above the water on a plant-stem and was also "moulting its chitinized cuticula."
From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
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 etiam cuticula, quae supra nervum est, sui, pulvisque rubens, qui jam dictus est, superaspergi, quae cura non est inutilis, aliquos enim non solum conglutinatas, sed etiam consolidatas, nostra cura prospeximus.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
Potest quoque cuticula quae supra nervum est sui, et pulvis ruber superaspergatur.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer
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)
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