tegmen

American  

[teg-muhn] / ˈtɛg mən /

noun

• tegmina
  plural

1. a cover, covering, or integument.

2. Botany. the delicate inner integument of a seed.

3. Entomology. (in certain orthopterous insects) one of a pair of leathery forewings that forms a protective covering for the hindwings.

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tegmen British  

/ ˈtɛɡmən /

noun

1. either of the leathery forewings of the cockroach and related insects

2. the delicate inner covering of a seed

3. any similar covering or layer

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tegmen Scientific  

/ tĕg′mən /

1. A covering or integument, such as the tough leathery forewing of certain insects or the inner coat of a seed.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• subtegminal
  adjective
• tegminal
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• tegmina
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tegmen

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin: “a covering” (also tegumen, tegimen ), from teg(ere) “to cover” + -men, noun suffix

Example Sentences

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tegmen tegmina

The tegmen tympani of all three species are massive.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

In small individuals S. sordida, especially in males, and in adults of S. puma the tegmen tympani are relatively short, whereas in adult females of S. sordida these elements are long and slender.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

The auditory regions are relatively massive and bear narrow tegmen tympani; the distal ends of the tegmen tympani are medial to the lateral edge of the pterygoids in dorsal view.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman

Adunata.—Monocyclica with dorsal cup primitively confined to the patina and an occasional single anal; tegmen solid; portions of the proximal brachials and their ambulacrals tend to be rigidly incorporated in the theca.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Monocyclica Inadunata.—Monocyclica in which the dorsal cup is confined to the patina and occasional intercalated anals; such ambulacrals or interambulacrals as enter the tegmen remain supra-tegminal and not rigidly united.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Angle: of tegmina, "is the longitudinal ridge formed along the interno-median by the sudden flexure from the horizontal to the vertical portion when closed."

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

A vowel before another in Greek words is sometimes long, as Cærula, Pīerides, sunt vobis tegmina crurum: Oh, Muses, your stockings are blue.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech

It presumably arose from a nineteenth-century confusion of the hemelytra of the Hemiptera, with the short tegmina, the covering fore-wings of the Dermaptera, that protect their hind wings when they are not in flight.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

Speculum: a transparent area or spot on wings of some Lepidoptera; the glassy areas at base of tegmina in male Orthoptera that serve as sounding boards: a spot on the neck of some caterpillars.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Scraper: the hardened portion of the inner margin of the tegmina in crickets used in producing the song.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith