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epicuticle

epicuticle noun: the outermost portion of the cuticle of an arthropod or plant.

Noun

epicuticle (plural epicuticles)

  1. The outermost portion of the cuticle of an arthropod or plant.

epicuticle meaning in Tamil

epicuticle in Tamil

மேற்புறத்தோல்

Forms of epicuticle

pluralepicuticles

Origin of epicuticle

From epi- + cuticle.

Questions about epicuticle

What does epicuticle mean?
Epicuticle means the outermost portion of the cuticle of an arthropod or plant.
What is epicuticle in Tamil?
Epicuticle in Tamil is மேற்புறத்தோல். See Epicuticle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epicuticle?
Epicuticle is a noun.
What is the plural of epicuticle?
The plural of epicuticle is epicuticles.

Words near epicuticle in the dictionary

  1. epicurve
  2. epicurves
  3. EPICUS
  4. epicutaneous
  5. epicutaneously
  6. epicuticle
  7. epicuticles
  8. epicuticular
  9. epicuticularly
  10. epicutis
  11. epicutissimin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epicuticle (page history and authors); epicuticle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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