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Definitions for tegmen
ˈtɛg mən; -mə nətegmen
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tegmennoun
A covering or integument
Wikipedia
Tegmen
A tegmen (plural: tegmina) designates the modified leathery front wing on an insect particularly in the orders Dermaptera (earwigs), Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and similar families), Mantodea (praying mantis), Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects) and Blattodea (cockroaches).It is also a term used in botany to describe the delicate inner protective layer of a seed, and in zoology to describe a stiff membrane on the upper surface of the crown of a crinoid.In vertebrate anatomy it denotes a plate of thin bone forming the roof of the middle ear.
Webster Dictionary
Tegmennoun
a tegument or covering
Tegmennoun
the inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura
Tegmennoun
one of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera
Tegmennoun
same as Tectrices
Wikidata
Tegmen
A tegmen designates the modified leathery front wing on an insect particularly in the orders Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Mantodea, Phasmatodea and Blattodea.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tegmen
teg′men, n. a covering: (bot.) the endopleura or inner coat of the seed: (anat.) the roof of the tympanic cavity of the ear: the covering of the posterior wing of some insects;—pl. Teg′mina.—adj. Teg′minal. [L.]
Entomology
Tegmen
a covering: sometimes used for the anterior wings in Orthoptera and Neuroptera.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tegmen in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tegmen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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