cuticle
The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates.
Other meanings
The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
Dead or cornified epidermis.
A kind of
- skin
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cuticle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.