cuticula

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the outer body wall of an insect
A layer of cuticular waxes and other long fatty acid chains → water-repelling surface, protection from uncontrolled transpiration, protection from mechanical and pathogen damage. Plants in extremely cold or extremely warm climates have a particularly thick cuticula
{i} hard outer shell of some insects (Entomology)
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