INTEGUMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("integument" is a kind of...):

cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)

Derivation:

integumental; integumentary (of or relating to the integument)

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