Meaning

2 senses
  1. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.

  2. The peridium of some fungi.

More definitions
  • a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin cutis (“living skin”).

From Latin cutis (“living skin”).

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Forms

plural: cutes
Singularcutis
Pluralcutes

irregular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch:skintegument

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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