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tegmen |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl {Tegmina}. [L., fr tegere, tectum, to cover.] 1. A tegument or covering. 2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura. 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. 4. pl (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tectrices}.
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