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   cuticle

   /ˈkjuːtɪkl/

   noun

   • 1. the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail: "you've been gnawing at your cuticles"
   • 2. the outer cellular layer of a hair: "the cuticle is the hair's protective shield"
   • 3. a protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell: "the body is covered with a non-living cuticle of chitin"
   • ▪ another term for epidermis

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting a membrane of the body): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cuticular adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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