单词 | epicuticle |
释义 | epicuticle[ ep-i-kyoo-ti-kuhl ] / ˌɛp ɪˈkyu tɪ kəl / nounthe thin, waxy outer layer of the insect exoskeleton. Origin of epicuticleFirst recorded in 1925–30; epi- + cuticle Words nearby epicuticleEpictetus, epicure, epicurean, Epicureanism, Epicurus, epicuticle, epicycle, epicyclic train, epicycloid, epicycloidal gear, epicycloidal wheel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for epicuticleepicuticle / (ˈɛpɪˌkjuːtɪkəl) / nounbotany a waxy layer on the surface of the cuticle zoology the outermost lipoprotein layer of the insect cuticle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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