cuticula vs cuticle

cuticula and cuticle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cuticula	Yes	No	No	No
cuticle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cuticle is a hypernym of cuticula; that is, cuticle is a word with a broader meaning than cuticula:

cuticula: the outer body wall of an insect
cuticle: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Other hypernyms of cuticula include carapace, shell, shield.

cuticula (noun)	cuticle (noun)
the outer body wall of an insect	hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
	the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
	the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail