tegmen

American  

[teg-muhn] / ˈtɛg mən /

noun

plural

tegmina

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 gorgeous waistcoats of Leech's pencil and Calverley's 'crurum non enarrabile tegmen' belong to ancient history.

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For myself I have little doubt that from the earliest division of the community into septs or clans, the chiefs assumed the pattern of this "tegmen versicolor" which best pleased them, and in course of time the pattern distinguished the wearers as belonging to such and such chiefs.

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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.

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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.

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The tegmen tympani are massive.

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