cuticle

English Thesaurus

1. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scute,
definition	:	large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cuticula,
definition	:	the outer body wall of an insect (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	turtle,
definition	:	any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	arthropod,
definition	:	invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin (noun.animal)

part meronym	:	mollusc, mollusk, shellfish,
definition	:	invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (noun.animal)

substance holonym	:	shell,
definition	:	the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals (noun.substance)

2. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates (noun.body)

hypernym	:	stratum,
definition	:	one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) (noun.location)

hyponym	:	mantle, pallium,
definition	:	(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell (noun.body)

part holonym	:	epidermal cell,
definition	:	any of the cells making up the epidermis (noun.body)

part holonym	:	corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum,
definition	:	the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off (noun.body)

part holonym	:	stratum lucidum,
definition	:	the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles (noun.body)

part holonym	:	stratum granulosum,
definition	:	the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface (noun.body)

part holonym	:	malpighian layer, rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum,
definition	:	the innermost layer of the epidermis (noun.body)

part meronym	:	cutis, skin, tegument,
definition	:	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (noun.body)

3. the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail (noun.body)

hypernym	:	cutis, skin, tegument,
definition	:	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (noun.body)

4. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (noun.animal)

derivation	:	cuticular, dermal, epidermal, epidermic, cuticular, dermal, epidermal, epidermic,
definition	:	of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula (adj.pert)

derivation	:	cuticular, dermal, epidermal, epidermic, cuticular, dermal, epidermal, epidermic,
definition	:	of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula (adj.pert)