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tegmen

/ˈtɛɡ.mən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tegmen
IPA
/ˈtɛɡ.mən/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.

noun

An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed.

noun

A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.

noun

In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. The more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin tegmen, syncopated form of tegimen.

Origin

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

tegmens (plural) tegmina (plural)

Derived Forms

endotegmen exotegmen tegmic

Questions

How do you pronounce tegmen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛɡ.mən/.
What does tegmen mean?
A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.
Where does tegmen come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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