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Definitions for Integument
ɪnˈtɛg yə məntin·tegu·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
integumentnoun
an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
Wiktionary
integumentnoun
An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
integumentnoun
The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
Etymology: From integumentum.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Integumentnoun
Any thing that covers or invelops another.
Etymology: integumentum, intego, Lat.
He could no more live without his frize-coat than without his skin: it is not indeed so properly his coat, as what the anatomists call one of the integuments of the body. Addison.
Wikipedia
Integument
In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind.
Webster Dictionary
Integumentnoun
that which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular
Etymology: [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intgument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Integument
in-teg′ū-ment, n. the external protective covering of a plant or animal.—adj. Integument′ary. [L.,—integĕre—in, upon, tegĕre, to cover.]
Entomology
Integument
the outer covering to the insect body.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Integument in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Integument in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- integumentDanish
- περίβλημαGreek
- haŭtoEsperanto
- integumentoSpanish
- integumentti, siemenaiheen kalvo, ruumiinpeiteFinnish
- tégumentFrench
- tegumentoIdo
- אינטגרמנטHebrew
- ಒಳಸೇರಿಸುವಿಕೆKannada
- huid, omhulsel, bekleedselDutch
- integumentNorwegian
- înveliș, tegumentRomanian
- покровRussian
- ciltTurkish
- ינטעגומענטYiddish
- 外皮Chinese
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