Precuticular

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That develops into the cuticle not-comparable

    "The structural resemblance of embryonic gut and epidermal precuticular matrices in this species to the embryonic epidermal matrices preceding cuticle formation in insects and other crustaceans ( Goudeau 1976, Goudeau and Lachaise 1983, Glas et al."

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"The structural resemblance of embryonic gut and epidermal precuticular matrices in this species to the embryonic epidermal matrices preceding cuticle formation in insects and other crustaceans ( Goudeau 1976, Goudeau and Lachaise 1983, Glas et al."

Etymology

From pre- + cuticular.

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