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pelliculate
Variant of pellicle
noun
- a thin skin or film, as on a photographic emulsion or on a liquid
- Zool. a thin nonliving membrane secreted by animal cells, as the envelope covering many protozoans
Related Forms:
- pellicular adjective or pelliculate
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