Tegmina

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl. {Tegmina}. [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to
     cover.]
     1. A tegument or covering.
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     2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually


        thin and delicate; the endopleura.
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     3. (Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of
        certain Orthoptera.
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     4. pl. (Zool.) Same as {Tectrices}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tegmina
       See {tegmen}