Tegmen
Word | TEGMEN |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | teg men |
Pronunciations | /ˈtɛɡ.mən/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Tegmen"
What do we mean by tegmen?
A covering or integument, especially. noun
The thin plate of bone that covers the middle ear. noun
The tough leathery forewing of certain insects. noun
The inner layer of a seed coat. noun
In crinoids, same as disk, 5 noun
A covering; a covering or protecting part or organ; a tectorium; an integument; a tegmentum. noun
In botany, the endopleura, or inner coat, of the seed. It is soft and delicate, and conforms to the shape of the nucleus. See seed, 1. noun
Plural In ornithology, the tectrices or coverts of the wing or tail. See tectrices. noun
In anatomy, the roof of the tympanic cavity of the ear, especially in early stages of its formation: also distinguished as tegmen tympani. noun
The covering of the posterior wing of some insects; especially, the fore wing of any orthopterous insect, corresponding to the elytrum of a beetle or the hemielytrum of a bug. noun
A tegument or covering. noun
The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura. noun
One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. noun
Same as Tectrices. noun
A covering or integument noun
A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.
An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed.
A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.
In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the tegmina are the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. Note that the more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.
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