CUTICULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cuticulae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer body wall of an insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cuticula" is a kind of...):

carapace; cuticle; shell; shield (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)

Derivation:

cuticular (of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula)

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