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Tegmen
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noun
Tegmen
n. (pl.
tegmina
)
1.
A tegument or covering.
2.
(Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3.
(Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
4.
pl. (Zool.) Same as Tectrices.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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