cuticle

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
 * 2) The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
 * 3) Dead or cornified epidermis.
 * 4)  A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
 * 5) A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
 * 1) A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Synonyms

 * cuticula

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kůžička
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kutiklo
 * Finnish: kynsivalli,
 * French:
 * Galician: cutícula
 * German:
 * Irish: cúitineach
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: жи́вец, кути́кула
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: neglebånd, negleband
 * Nynorsk: nagleband
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cneas
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: кути́кула


 * Finnish: kuollut iho
 * Scottish Gaelic: cneas


 * Catalan: cutícula
 * Finnish: ; pintakelmu
 * French:
 * German: Cuticula, Kutikula
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: クチクラ
 * Malay: kutikel
 * Polish: oskórek, kutykula
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: kütikula