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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cu•ti•cle /ˈkyutɪkəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomythe hardened skin that surrounds the edges of a fingernail or toenail.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cu•ti•cle (kyo̅o̅′ti kəl),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomythe nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- Anatomythe epidermis.
- Anatomya superficial integument, membrane, or the like.
- Anatomy, ZoologyAlso called cuticula. [Zool.]the outer, noncellular layer of the arthropod integument, composed of a mixture of chitin and protein and commonly containing other hardening substances as well.
- Botanya very thin hyaline film covering the surface of plants, derived from the outer surfaces of the epidermal cells.
- Latin cutīcula the skin, equivalent. to cuti(s) skin, cutis + -cula -cle1
- 1605–15;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cuticle /ˈkjuːtɪkəl/ n - dead skin, esp that round the base of a fingernail or toenail
- another name for epidermis
- the protective layer, containing cutin, that covers the epidermis of higher plants
- the hard protective layer covering the epidermis of many invertebrates
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin cutīcula diminutive of cutis skincuticular /kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə/ adj |