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Word: Tegmen
Speech Type: Noun
early 19th century: from Latin, ‘covering’, from tegere ‘to cover’
ˈtɛɡmɛn
a sclerotized forewing serving to cover the hindwing in grasshoppers and related insects.
Short Definition:forewing covering hindwing in grasshoppers
the delicate inner protective layer of a seed.
Short Definition:delicate inner protective layer of seed
a plate of thin bone forming the roof of the middle ear, a part of the temporal bone.
Short Definition:plate of thin bone forming roof of middle ear
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