'Tegument' definitions:

Definition of 'tegument'

From: WordNet
noun
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: skin, tegument, cutis]

Definition of 'Tegument'

From: GCIDE
  • Tegument \Teg"u*ment\, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]
  • 1. A cover or covering; an integument. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide. [1913 Webster]