tegument

[ teg-yuh-muhnt ]

noun

1. a covering or vestment; integument.

tegument

/ ˈtɛɡjʊmənt; ˌtɛɡjʊˈmɛntəl /

noun

1. a less common word for integument

Derived Forms

• tegumental, adjective

Other Words From

• teg·u·men·tal [teg-y, uh, -, men, -tl], teg·u·men·ta·ry [teg-y, uh, -, men, -t, uh, -ree, -tree], adjective
• subteg·u·mental adjective
• subteg·u·menta·ry adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tegument¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tegument¹

C15: from Latin tegumentum a covering, from tegere to cover

Example Sentences

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. 

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From The New Yorker

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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