cuticle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cuticle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cuticle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuticle n the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates Synonym(s): epidermis, cuticle hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles Synonym(s): carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuticle \Cu"ticle\ (k[umac]"t[icr]k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.] 1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See {Skin}. 2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems. 3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.