tegument

Noun

Meaning

A cover or covering; an integument.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

peel hull basin surface coat jacket husk fleece pelt cover fell skin binding covering shell
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Antonyms

center middle core screen interior reveal
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Hyponyms

investment cuticle scalp buff foreskin hangnail

Examples

If we bought everything on the Internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument - one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds. Will Self

Close letter words and terms

tegulated tegulation teguline tegumental tegumentally tegumentary