endocuticle

noun en·do·cuticle \ ¦endō+ \

Definition of endocuticle

: the inner layer of a cuticle; specifically : the colorless flexible highly chitinized inner layer of the exoskeleton of an insect — compare epicuticle

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endocuticular

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