Cuticle
Various biological tissues or structures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the general concept. For specific and related uses, see Cuticle (disambiguation).
A cuticle (/ˈkjuːtɪkəl/), or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism, that provide protection. Various types of "cuticle" are non-homologous, differing in their origin, structure, function, and chemical composition.