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indumentum

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in⋅du⋅men⋅tum

  [in-doo-men-tuhm, -dyoo-]
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–noun, plural -ta  [-tuh] , -tums. Botany, Zoology.
a dense, hairy covering.
Origin:
1840–50; < NL; L: garment, covering, equiv. to L indu(ere) to put on, don (ind-, by-form of in- in2 + -uere, from a v. base *eu- or *ou- (> ū-), akin to OCS obuti, Lith aũti to put on (shoes); cf. exuviae ) + -mentum -ment
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in·du·ment   (ĭn'də-mənt, -dyə-)   
n.   pl. in·du·ments also in·du·men·ta (-měn'tə)
A covering of fine hairs or scales.

[Latin indūmentum, garment, from induere, to put a garment on; see endue.]
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