TEGUMENT

skin, tegument, cutis

(noun) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; “your skin is the largest organ of your body”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tegument (plural teguments)

Something which covers; a covering or coating.

Source: Wiktionary


Teg"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]

1. A cover or covering; an integument.

2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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