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Definitions for Pellicle

[1] a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
[2] Photography . a thin, partially reflective coating, as on a beam splitter or pellicle mirror.
[3] a thin skin or film
[4] the hard protective outer layer of certain protozoans, such as those of the genus Paramecium
[5] botany the thin outer layer of a mushroom cap a growth on the surface of a liquid culture
[6] photog the thin layer of emulsion covering a plate, film, or paper

Words related to Pellicle

leather, wool, fur, skin, leaf, shell, cover, husk, rind, bark, shuck, epicarp, exocarp, peeling, fleece, hide, pelt, crust, scale, membrane

Words nearby Pellicle

pellekar, pelles, pellet, pelletier, pelletize, pellicle, pellicle mirror, pellitory, pellucid, pellum, pelly

Origin of Pellicle

1535–45; < Latin pellicul(a ), equivalent to pelli(s ) skin + -cula -cle1

Other words from Pellicle

pel·lic·u·lar [puh -lik -yuh -ler] /pəˈlɪk yə lər/ , pel·lic·u·late [puh -lik -yuh -lit, -leyt] /pəˈlɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/ , adjective
pel•lic′ u•lar (pə-lĭk′ yə-lər ) adj.

Word origin for Pellicle

C16: via French from Latin pellicula, from pellis skin

Synonyms for Pellicle

bark, cover, epicarp, exocarp, husk, peeling, rind, shell, shuck