English noun: cuticle |
1. | cuticle (body) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cutis, skin, tegument |
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2. | cuticle (body) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates |
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| Synonyms | epidermis |
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| Broader (hypernym) | stratum |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | mantle, pallium |
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| Part holonym | corneum, epidermal cell, horny layer, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii, stratum basale, stratum corneum, stratum germinativum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum |
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| Part meronym | cutis, skin, tegument |
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3. | cuticle (animal) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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| Synonyms | carapace, shell, shield |
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| Broader (hypernym) | scute |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cuticula |
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| Part meronym | arthropod, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, turtle |
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| Substance holonym | shell |
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