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tegument

noun
/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

Etymology

Also in late Middle English, borrowed from Latin tegumentum (“a cover”), from tegere (“to cover, clothe”, verb) + -mentum (suffix forming nouns). Compare integument.

  1. borrowed from tegumentum

Definitions

  1. Something which covers

    Something which covers; a covering or coating.

    • 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

  2. A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ

    A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

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Derived

tegumental, tegumentary, tegumented

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA