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Integument definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTEG'UMENT, n. [L. integumentum, intego, to cover; in and tego. See Deck.] That which naturally invests or covers another thing; but appropriately and chiefly, in anatomy, a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part. The skin of seeds and the shells of crustaceous animals are denominated integuments.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin integumentum, from integere to cover, from in- + tegere to cover — more at thatch Date: circa 1611 something that covers or encloses; especially an enveloping layer (as a skin, membrane, or cuticle) of an organism or one of its parts • integumentary adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a natural outer covering, as a skin, husk, rind, etc. Derivatives: integumental adj. integumentary adj. Etymology: L integumentum f. integere (as IN-(2), tegere cover)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Integument In*teg"u*ment, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int['e]gument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.] 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Covering, envelope, tegument.

Moby Thesaurus

Leatherette, Leatheroid, border, circumference, coat, cortex, covering, crust, cuticle, dermis, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, facade, face, facet, fell, fleece, flesh, fringe, front, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur, imitation leather, jacket, leather, leather paper, lineaments, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outside, pelt, peltry, periphery, rawhide, rind, sheath, shell, skin, skins, superficies, superstratum, surface, tegmen, tegmentum, tegument, top, vair