Teg·men n.; pl. Tegmina
  1. A tegument or covering.
  2. Bot. The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
  3. Zool. One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
  4. pl. Zool. Same as Tectrices.
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