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tegument

[ teg-yuh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a covering or vestment; integument.


tegument

/ ˈtɛɡjʊmənt; ˌtɛɡjʊˈmɛntəl /

noun

  1. a less common word for integument
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Derived Forms

  • tegumental, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٱ···ٲ [teg-y, uh, -, men, -tl], ٱ···ٲ· [teg-y, uh, -, men, -t, uh, -ree, -tree], adjective
  • ܲt··t adjective
  • ܲt··t· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tegument1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin tegumentum, equivalent to tegu- ( tegmen ) + -mentum -ment
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tegument1

C15: from Latin tegumentum a covering, from tegere to cover
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The fruit, which somewhat resembles a pear, has a rough tegument covered with minute prickles, which instantly enter the hand which touches them, however slightly, and are very difficult to extract. 

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Sunlight streams through the big picture window, though it’s cold, down to zero overnight, and the lake is sealed beneath a hard uneven tegument of ice so thick you could drive a truck across it.

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The ripe pseudospores are enveloped in a thick tegument, of a dark brown colour.

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Certainly Nature, foreseeing the cruel usage which this useful servant to man should receive at man's hand, did prudently in furnishing him with a tegument impervious to ordinary stripes.

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They are developed as tubercles or folds in the tegument, and are homologous with the legs.

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