1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain
Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Tectrices.
TEGMENTAL
Teg*men"tal, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
TEGMENTUM
Teg*men"tum, n.; pl. Tegmenta. Etym: [L., a covering.] (Anat.)