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teguments

teguments is the plural of tegument.

Meaning of tegument

Noun

tegument (plural teguments)

  1. (uncommon) Something which covers; a covering or coating.
    • 1658: But in the Homericall Urne of Patroclus, whatever was the solid Tegument, we finde the immediate covering to be a purple peece of silk — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
  2. (obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Questions about teguments

What is teguments the plural of?
Teguments is the plural of tegument.

Words near teguments in the dictionary

  1. tegumentally
  2. tegumentary
  3. tegumentation
  4. tegumentations
  5. tegumented
  6. teguments
  7. teguminal
  8. tegus
  9. teh
  10. teh tarik
  11. Tehachapi

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