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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| cutis (ˈkjuːtɪs) | |
| —n , pl -tes, -tises | |
| zoology a technical name for skin | |
| [C17: from Latin: skin] | |
cutis cu·tis (ky&oomacr;'tĭs)
n. pl. cu·tis·es or cu·tes (-tēz)
Dermis.
cutis
the thicker, deeper layer of the skin underlying the epidermis and made up of connective tissue. It is present in varying degrees of development among various vertebrate groups, being relatively thin and simple in aquatic animals and progressively thicker and more complex in terrestrial species
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