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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cuticle \Cu"ti*cle\ (k[=u]"t[i^]*k'l), noun [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.]
1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See {Skin}.
2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cuticle
noun
1: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: {epidermis}]
2: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: {carapace}, {shell}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "cuticle": Leatherette, Leatheroid, coat, dermis, fell, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur, imitation leather, integument, jacket, leather, leather paper, outer layer, outer skin, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind, sheath, skin, skins, tegument, vair
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