Noun
- 1. cuticle, skin, tegument, cutis
- usage: the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- 2. epidermis, cuticle, stratum
- usage: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
- 3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shield, scute
- usage: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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