Found 1 items, similar to tegmen.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tegmen Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl. Tegmina. [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.] 1. A tegument or covering. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. [1913 Webster] 4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Tectrices. [1913 Webster]