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pellicle
[ pel-i-kuhl ]
pellicle
/ ˈpɛlɪkəl; pɛˈlɪkjʊlə /
noun
- a thin skin or film
- the hard protective outer layer of certain protozoans, such as those of the genus Paramecium
- botany
- the thin outer layer of a mushroom cap
- a growth on the surface of a liquid culture
- photog the thin layer of emulsion covering a plate, film, or paper
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Derived Forms
- pellicular, adjective
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Other Words From
- pel·lic·u·lar [p, uh, -, lik, -y, uh, -ler], pel·lic·u·late [p, uh, -, lik, -y, uh, -lit, -leyt], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pellicle1
C16: via French from Latin pellicula, from pellis skin
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Example Sentences
Mosses have the most simple seed, consisting only of the germ, without pellicle, and without lobes.
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Prepare gelatine and agar plates in the usual way from such of these tubes as show pellicle formation.
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The slight pellicle which coats over milk when it is warmed is of the same composition.
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It is, in reality, a thin pellicle of semi-transparent horn secreted by the cells of the perioplic ring.
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While the egg is fastened to the ovarium, it derives its nutriment from the vessel of the common pellicle.
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