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HYPODERMIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypodermis mean?
• HYPODERMIS (noun)
The noun HYPODERMIS has 1 sense:
1. layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
Familiarity information: HYPODERMIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hypodermis" is a kind of...):
layer (thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells)
Holonyms ("hypodermis" is a part of...):
body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)
Derivation:
hypodermal (of or relating to the hypodermis)
hypodermic (relating to or located below the epidermis)
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