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integumentary

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in⋅teg⋅u⋅men⋅ta⋅ry

  [in-teg-yuh-men-tuh-ree]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or like an integument.
Origin:
1835–45; integument + -ary
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in·teg·u·ment   (ĭn-těg'yŏŏ-mənt)   
n.  

  1. A natural outer covering or coat, such as the skin of an animal or the membrane enclosing an organ.

  2. Botany The envelope of an ovule.


[Latin integumentum, from integere, to cover : in-, on; see in-2 + tegere, to cover; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]
in·teg'u·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -měn'trē) adj.
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