'Tegmen' definitions:

Definition of 'Tegmen'

From: GCIDE
  • Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl. Tegmina. [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]
  • 1. A tegument or covering. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. (Zool.) Same as Tectrices. [1913 Webster]