cuticle 3
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Hypernym
scute 1
noun
large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
Substance_meronym
shell 2
noun
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Part_meronym
turtle 2
noun
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
arthropod 1
noun
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
mollusk 1
noun
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
EnglishDerivationally related form
cuticular 1
adjective
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
Hyponym
cuticula 1
noun
the outer body wall of an insect
Substance_holonym
shell 2
noun
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Part_holonym
turtle 2
noun
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
arthropod 1
noun
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
mollusk 1
noun
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
