Tegmen /(?)/

Teg·men

Tegmen

n.

pl. Tegmina

  1. A tegument or covering.
  2. The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura. (Bot.)
  3. One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. (Zool.)
  4. Same as Tectrices. (Zool.)