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pellicle

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pel·li·cle  (pl-kl)
n.
A thin skin or film, such as an organic membrane or liquid film.
[French, from Latin pellicula, husk, diminutive of pellis, skin; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
pel·licu·lar (p-lky-lr) adj.
pellicle [ˈpɛlɪkəl]
n
1. a thin skin or film
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the hard protective outer layer of certain protozoans, such as those of the genus Paramecium
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany
a.  the thin outer layer of a mushroom cap
b.  a growth on the surface of a liquid culture
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog the thin layer of emulsion covering a plate, film, or paper
[via French from Latin pellicula, from pellis skin]
pellicular  [pɛˈlɪkjʊlə] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pellicle - thin protective membrane in some protozoa
investment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism
Translations
pellicle
n → Film m; (Zool: = membrane) → Pellicula f


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This certainly would be the case, were it not that the young fruit, encased in a soft green husk, with the incipient meat adhering in a jelly-like pellicle to its sides, and containing a bumper of the most delicious nectar, is what they chiefly prize.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
I should wish also that such persons were carefully shown the eleven pellicles which, like so many small valves, open and shut the four orifices that are in these two cavities, viz.
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