Teg"men (?), n.; pl. Tegmina (#). [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]
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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