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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

tegumentum

, from

tegere

to cover. See

Noun.

, and cf.

A cover or covering; an integument.

Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

Noun.

[L. tegumentum, from tego, to cover.]

A cover or covering; seldom used except in reference to the covering of a living body. [See Integument.]

See also: tegument

tégument m ‎(plural téguments)