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单词 pellicle
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pellicle in British English

(ˈpɛlɪkəl)
noun
1. 
a thin skin or film
2. 
the hard protective outer layer of certain protozoans, such as those of the genus Paramecium
3.  botany
a. 
the thin outer layer of a mushroom cap
b. 
a growth on the surface of a liquid culture
4.  photography
the thin layer of emulsion covering a plate, film, or paper
Derived forms
pellicular (pɛˈlɪkjʊlə)
adjective
Word origin
C16: via French from Latin pellicula, from pellis skin

pellicle in American English

(ˈpɛlɪkəl)
noun
1. 
a thin skin or film, as on a photographic emulsion or on a liquid
2.  Zoology
a thin nonliving membrane secreted by animal cells, as the envelope covering many protozoans
Derived forms
pellicular (pelˈlicular) (pəˈlɪkjulər)
adjective or pelˈliculate (pəˈlɪkjulɪt; pəˈlɪkjuˌleɪt)
Word origin
L pellicula, dim. of pellis, skin: see fell4

Examples of 'pellicle' in a sentence
pellicle

Then he had described what it looked like, and she had instructed her pellicle to do what it could to dampen down her hunger.
Tony Daniel METAPLANETARY (2001)
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