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tegument
noun
[ ˈtɛɡjʊm(ə)nt ]
• the integument of an organism, especially a parasitic flatworm.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘a covering or coating’): from Latin tegumentum, from tegere ‘to cover’.
