Integument Definition

ĭn-tĕgyo͝o-mənt
integuments
noun
A natural outer covering of the body or of a plant, including skin, shell, hide, husk, or rind.
Webster's New World
The outermost layer or layers of an ovule.
American Heritage
The enveloping membrane of the body, including the dermis, epidermis, hairs, nails, and sebaceous, mammary, and sweat glands.
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Other Word Forms of Integument

Noun

Singular:
integument
Plural:
integuments

Origin of Integument

  • Latin integumentum from integere to cover in- on in–2 tegere to cover (s)teg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin integumentum (“a covering”).

    From Wiktionary

Integument Sentence Examples

  • Cephalic shield continuous with dorsal integument; no shell; ctenidium projecting from mantle cavity.

  • A remarkable cord of cells having a position just below the integument occurs on each side of the head.

  • These are likely to have been produced by the ripe genital glands, which may have extruded their products directly through the membranous integument of the under side.

  • In this it remains until the completion of the transformation into the sexually mature insect, which then emerges from the case, leaving the pupal integument behind.

  • The surface of the neck is covered by integument forming the floor of the branchial cavity.

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