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cuticula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cu-tic-u-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.

Inflected Forms

cuticulae (plural)

Synonyms

cuticle

Rhymes With

curricula diverticula auricula corbicula acicula cubicula silicula spicula reticula vesicula clavicula

Questions

What does cuticula mean?
A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Where does cuticula come from?
From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.

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