tegument : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tegument	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tegument
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tegument n a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" Synonym(s): skin, tegument, cutis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tegument \Teg"u*ment\, n. [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.