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tegmen — tegminal /teg meuh nl/, adj. /teg meuhn/, n., pl. tegmina / meuh neuh/. 1. a cover, covering, or integument. 2. Bot. the delicate inner integument or coat of a seed. 3. (of certain orthopterous insects) one of a pair of leathery forewings that… … Universalium
perisomatic plates — (ECHINODERMATA: Crinoidea) Tegminal plates: interradials, interambulacrals, or radianal plates … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
orthopteran — /awr thop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. orthopterous. n. 2. an orthopterous insect. [1895 1900; < NL Orthopter(a) (see ORTHOPTERON) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction broadly, any member of one of four insect orders. Orthopteran has come to be regarded… … Universalium
tegmen — /ˈtɛgmən/ (say tegmuhn) noun (plural tegmina /ˈtɛgmənə/ (say tegmuhnuh)) 1. a cover, covering, or integument. 2. Botany the delicate inner integument or coat of a seed. 3. (in certain orthopterous insects) one of a pair of leathery forewings… …
tegmen — n. (pl. mina ) covering. ♦ tegminal, ♦ tegmental, a … Dictionary of difficult words
tegmen — [teg′mən] n. pl. tegmina [teg′mi nə] [L < tegere, to cover: see THATCH] 1. a covering; integument 2. Bot. the inner coat of a seed 3. Zool. a) a beetle elytron b) a hardened fore … English World dictionary
