integument
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ɪnˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/
integument (plural integuments)
- (biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
- 1984, Jack Vance, Rhialto the Marvellous:
- Sarsem became a naked young epicene in an integument of lavender scales with puffs of purple hair like pom-poms growing down his back.
- 1984, Jack Vance, Rhialto the Marvellous:
- (botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
- French: tégument
- Russian: покро́в
- Spanish: integumento
- French: tégument
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