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cuticula

cuticula \cuticula\ n. the outer body wall of an insect.

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cuticula

n. (context zoology botany English) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.

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cuticula

  1. n. the outer body wall of an insect

  2. [also: cuticulae (pl)]

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Then we can gather the coarctate pupae which preserve themselves in hardened cuticula.