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 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 Duellman, William E.

The tegmen tympani of all three species are massive.

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

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

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.

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