kyo͝o'tĭ-kəl
(Zoology) A hard bony or chitinous outer covering, such as the fused dorsal plates of a turtle or the portion of the exoskeleton covering the head and thorax of a crustacean.
The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels.
skin (related)
Skin is the outer layer of something.
vernix (related)
The outermost layer of the skin in vertebrates, having no blood vessels and consisting of several layers of cells, covering the dermis
A natural outer covering of the body or of a plant, including skin, shell, hide, husk, or rind
A protective device or structure, as:
exfoliate (related)
keratin (related)
scalp (related)
fingernail (related)
Find another word for cuticle. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cuticle, like: carapace, dermis, skin, vernix, epidermis, integument, shell, shield, exfoliate, keratin and scalp.
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