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Malpighian layer

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.


Malpighian layer

noun

  1. anatomy the innermost layer of the epidermis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Malpighian layer1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

I only suggest this, of course, as practicable in case there should be a malpighian layer which Mr. Flannery is not using.

Do not ask him to take a malpighian layer off her cell nest just to please me.

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