English dictionary



Hint: Click 'Bookmark' to add this page to your favorites.

English noun: cuticle

1. cuticle (body) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail


Broader (hypernym)cutis, skin, tegument

2. cuticle (body) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates


Synonymsepidermis


Broader (hypernym)stratum


Narrower (hyponym)mantle, pallium


Part holonymcorneum, epidermal cell, horny layer, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii, stratum basale, stratum corneum, stratum germinativum, stratum granulosum, stratum lucidum


Part meronymcutis, skin, tegument

3. cuticle (animal) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles


Synonymscarapace, shell, shield


Broader (hypernym)scute


Narrower (hyponym)cuticula


Part meronymarthropod, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, turtle


Substance holonymshell









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk