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CUTICULA (cuticulae)

Dictionary entry overview: What does cuticula mean?

• CUTICULA (noun)
The noun CUTICULA has 1 sense:

1. the outer body wall of an insect

Familiarity information: CUTICULA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CUTICULA (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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