2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: tegument noun: a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: {skin}, {cutis}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Tegument \Teg"u*ment\, noun [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See {Thatch}, noun, and cf. {Detect}, {Protect}.] 1. A cover or covering; an integument. 2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

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