Lindberg and his colleagues suggested that it was the epicuticle.林格伯等人提出,这是毛纤维外层薄膜的作用.Recent work has shown conclusively that the epicuticle is discontinuous.最近研究工作已总结性地表明表皮层薄膜并不是连续的....

n.上表皮（指昆虫外表皮或外骨骼外部蜡质层）...

epicuticle的音标：epicuticle的英式发音音标为：[epɪ'kju:tɪkl]epicuticle的美式发音音标为：[ˌepɪ'kjutɪkəl]...