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pellicula

pellicula is the alternative form of pellicle.

Meaning of pellicle

Noun

pellicle (plural pellicles)

  1. A thin skin or film.
  2. A cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms.
  3. The outermost layer of a mushroom; the skin of a mushroom cap; especially, a surface that is viscid and easily peels off.
  4. A thin layer supporting the cell membrane in various protozoa.
  5. The growth on the surface of a liquid culture.
  6. A skin or coating of proteins on the surface of meat to be smoked, improving the surface adhesion.

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Forms of pellicula

pluralpelliculae

Origin of pellicula

Borrowed from Latin pellicula.

Questions about pellicula

What is pellicula the alternative form of?
Pellicula is the alternative form of pellicle.

Words near pellicula in the dictionary

  1. Pellicanos
  2. Pelliccio
  3. Pellicier
  4. pellicle
  5. pellicles
  6. pellicula
  7. pelliculae
  8. pellicular
  9. pelliculate
  10. pellicule
  11. pellicules

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pellicula (page history and authors); pellicle (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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