ˈpelə̇kəl, -lēk- noun
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Etymology: Middle English pellicule, from Medieval Latin pellicula, from Latin, small skin, diminutive of pellis skin — more at fell
1.
a. : a thin skin or membrane
b. : a semipermeable membrane ; especially : plasma membrane
2. : a film on a liquid ; specifically : a bacterial growth in the form of a sheet on the surface of a liquid medium
3. : a semitransparent partially reflecting thin membrane used in cameras for color photography to divide a light beam and form two optical images of a single subject