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

• subtegminal
  adjective
• tegminal
  adjective

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

The tegmen tympani of all three species are massive.

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

O quot odoriferi voitatis in aere venti,    Caeruleum tegmen vestra sit ala mihi: Tuque sedens Parnassus ubi caput erigit ingens,    Dextra veni, Clio: teque docente canam.

From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart

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

The tegmen tympani are relatively large, but proportionately short.

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

The delicate, spindle-shaped columellae lie ventral to the tegmen tympani and squamosals, are spatulate distally, and have a broad basal attachment to the auditory region.

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