About The Word Integument
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Integument
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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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