Noun cuticle has 2 senses
  1. epidermis, cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
    --1 is a kind of stratum
    --1 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
    --1 has parts:
     epidermal cell; stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer; stratum lucidum; stratum granulosum; stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii
    --1 has particulars: mantle, pallium
  2. carapace, shell, cuticle - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
    --2 is a kind of exoskeleton
    --2 is a part of mollusk, mollusc, shellfish; arthropod; turtle
    --2 has substances: shell
    --2 has particulars: cuticula
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