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Definition of Cuticular
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
Derivative terms: Cuticle, Cuticula, Epidermis, Epidermis
Partainyms: Cuticle, Cuticula, Cuticle, Cuticle, Cuticle
Definition of Cuticular
1. a. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.
Definition of Cuticular
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the cuticle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cuticular
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuticular
Literary usage of Cuticular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The cuticular parts of the organs of sight and of hearing are described later,
... Each of the cuticular formations described here is found either within or ..."
2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"BD: thick cuticular layer as seen using brightfield, fluorescence, and polarization
optics, note cuticular pegs (p) between adjacent cells, x400. ..."
3. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"... stout, widely separated cilia, and an inner spiral wreath of fine, closely
set shorter ones; cilia of the general cuticular surface short and fine, ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"cuticular conjunctiva.* In this disease, the conjunctiva is so changed in ...
cuticular conjunctiva is commonly the result of some ex- nal ophthalmia, ..."
5. Aquatic Insects in New York State by James George Needham (1903)
"2 and 8], it will be noted that the cuticular wall of the ventral side of the
spine [pl.28, fig.li] is continuous with the body wall of the eighth abdominal ..."
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