Usually means: Outermost layer of insect exoskeleton.
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  1. epicuticle: Merriam-Webster
  2. epicuticle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epicuticle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epicuticle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epicuticle: Wiktionary
  6. epicuticle: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Epicuticle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. epicuticle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. epicuticle: Dictionary.com

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  1. epicuticle: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (biology) The outermost portion of the cuticle of an arthropod or plant.

Similar:
cuticula, cuticle, endocuticle, procuticle, mesocuticle, exocuticle, apolysis, pellicle, ecteron, epipodite, more...

Opposite:
endocuticle, procuticle, exocuticle

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Similar:
cuticula, cuticle, endocuticle, procuticle, mesocuticle, exocuticle, apolysis, pellicle, ecteron, epipodite, more...

Opposite:
endocuticle, procuticle, exocuticle



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