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‖ cuticula|kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə|
[L.: see prec.]
1. = cuticle 1, 2; now esp. of certain lower organisms.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. ii. iii, The skinne couers the rest, and hath Cuticulam or a little skinne vnder it. 1718J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) I. iv. §14 The Cuticula, or upper Skin. 1880Huxley Crayfish iv. 175 The tough, outer coat, which has been termed the cuticula.
†2. = cuticle 3. Obs.
1662R. Mathew Unl. Alch. §113. 184 Let it vapor away til thou see it covered wit a Cutecula, or thin scum. |