cuticula

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə === Noun === cuticula (plural cuticulae) (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle. ==== Synonyms ==== cuticle ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of cutis (“covering”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊˈtiː.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuˈtiː.ku.la] === Noun === cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension skin cuticle ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cuticula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.