cuticle

  1. Noun.  The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
  2. Noun.  The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  3. Noun.  Dead or cornified epidermis.
  4. Noun.  (context, zoology) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.

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