Pellicle
11pellicle — noun Etymology: Middle French pellicule, from Medieval Latin pellicula, from Latin, diminutive of pellis Date: 1541 a thin skin or film: as a. an outer membrane of some protozoans (as euglenoids or paramecia) b. a film that reflects a part of the …
12pellicle — a glossy film on the cut surface of a fish during dripping due to swelling of protein under the influence of brine and subsequent surface drying in the smoking kiln …
13pellicle — n. [L. pellis, skin] A thin skin, film or layer …
14pellicle — The outer covering of a protozoan: the plasma membrane plus underlying reinforcing structures, for example the membrane bounded spaces (alveoli) just below the plasma membrane in ciliates …
15pellicle — noun a) a thin skin or film b) cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms See Also: pelt, pelisse, pell, pellagra, pellage, peltry …
16pellicle — 1. Literally and nonspecifically, a thin skin. 2. A film or scum on the surface of a liquid. 3. Cell boundary of sporozoites and merozoites among members of the protozoan subphylum Apicomplexa (Sporozoa), consisting of an outer unit m …
17Pellicle — (тонкая) плёнка …
18pellicle — Synonyms and related words: allantoic membrane, amnion, amniotic sac, arachnoid membrane, basement membrane, coat, coating, collop, conjuctiva, covering, cut, deal, disk, eardrum, enamel, facing, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, fur, hymen,… …
19pellicle — see FELL …
20pellicle — pel·li·cle || pelɪkl n. thin membrane …