endocuticle

noun

en·​do·​cuticle

¦endō+

: the inner layer of a cuticle

specifically : the colorless flexible highly chitinized inner layer of the exoskeleton of an insect compare epicuticle

endocuticular

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

end- + cuticle

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