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tegument

The correct spelling is tegument.

How to pronounce tegument

noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/

Say it like: Teg-ume-nt

The correct spelling is tegument. Something which covers; a covering or coating. For example: "1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)"

Usage Examples

1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Something which covers; a covering or coating.
  2. 2.A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

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