cuticle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
Types & categories
- skin hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- skin part holonym
- epidermal cell part meronym
- stratum corneum part meronym
- stratum lucidum part meronym
- stratum granulosum part meronym
- stratum germinativum part meronym
Related & opposite
- dermal derivation
Sense 3 noun
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- dermal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | skin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dermal |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | skin |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | epidermal cell |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stratum corneum |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stratum lucidum |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stratum granulosum |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stratum germinativum |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stratum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pallium |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dermal |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | turtle |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arthropod |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mollusk |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | shell |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scute |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuticula |