tectum

[ tek-tuhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.

, plural tec·tums, tec·ta [tek, -t, uh].

Origin of tectum¹

1900–05; < New Latin, Latin tēctum roof, special use of neuter of tēctus, past participle of tegere to cover; protect

Stigmatis indusium margine ciliatum et extus pilis copiosis longis strictis acutis albis tectum v. cinctum.

Da pauperi ut des tibi: da micam ut accipias totum panem; da tectum, accipe cœlum.

Presumably this section of the roof is an ossification of the synotic tectum.

Tollam altius tectum, non ut ego te despiciam, sed ne tu aspicias urbem eam, quam delere voluisti.

The taenia tecti marginales and the tectum synoticum are covered dorsally and laterally by the frontoparietals.

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