Tegument vs. Integument

Tegumentnoun

Something which covers; a covering or coating.

Tegumentnoun

A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.

Tegumentnoun

A cover or covering; an integument.

Tegumentnoun

Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

Tegumentnoun

a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch;

Integumentnoun

(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.

Integumentnoun

(botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.

Integumentnoun

That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part.

Integumentnoun

an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Integument

In biology, integument is the natural covering of an organism or an organ, such as its skin, husk, shell, or rind.It derives from integumentum, which is Latin for . In a transferred or figurative sense, it could mean a cloak or a disguise.