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Integument

Integument Meaning & Definition
Integument Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Integument?

[n] an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Synonyms | Synonyms for Integument:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Integument: border | circumference | coat | cortex | covering | crust | cuticle | dermis | envelope | epidermis | exterior | external | facade | face | facet | fell | fleece | flesh | fringe | front | fur | furring | hide | imitation fur | imitation leather | jacket | leather | leather paper | Leatherette | Leatheroid | lineaments | outer face | outer layer | outer side | outer skin | outline | outside | pelt | peltry | periphery | rawhide | rind | sheath | shell | skin | skins | superficies | superstratum | surface | tegmen | tegmentum | tegument | top | vair

See Also | cover | covering | natural covering

Integument In Webster's Dictionary

\In*teg"u*ment\, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int['e]gument. See 1st {n-}, and {Tegument}.] That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.

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