TEGUMENT meaning: Protective outer covering of organisms

We found 27 dictionaries that define the word tegument:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

tegument: Merriam-Webster
tegument: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
tegument: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
tegument: Collins English Dictionary
tegument: Vocabulary.com
tegument: Wordnik
tegument: Wiktionary
tegument: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
tegument: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
tegument: Infoplease Dictionary
tegument: Dictionary.com
tegument: Online Etymology Dictionary
Tegument (Helminth), Tegument (helminth), Tegument: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Tegument: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
tegument: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
tegument: Rhymezone
Tegument: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
tegument: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
tegument: FreeDictionary.org
tegument: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
tegument: Mnemonic Dictionary
tegument: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

tegument: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

tegument: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
tegument: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

tegument: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tegument)

▸ noun: (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
▸ noun: (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Similar:

skin, cutis, tunic, integument, tingle, cope, coat, head covering, wrapper, lagging, more...

Opposite:

expose, uncover, unveil, unmask, unhide

Types:

skin, hide, pelt, fur, more...

Adjectives:

external, exterior, outer, thin, worthless, thick, gelatinous, syncytial, cercarial, soft, general

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