Noun epidermis has 1 sense
  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
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