单词 | cuticulae |
释义 | cuticulae in British English (kjuːˈtɪkjʊliː) plural noun cuticula cuticula in British English (kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə) nounWord forms: plural -lae (-liː) anatomy cuticle Word origin C18: from Latin; see cuticlecuticle in British English (ˈkjuːtɪkəl) noun 1. dead skin, esp that round the base of a fingernail or toenail 2. another name for epidermis 3. any covering layer or membrane 4. the protective layer, containing cutin, that covers the epidermis of higher plants 5. the hard protective layer covering the epidermis of many invertebrates Examples of 'cuticulae' in a sentence |
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