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tegmen
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[ˈtɛɡmɛn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sclerotized forewing serving to cover the hindwing in grasshoppers and related insects
- the delicate inner protective layer of a seed
- a plate of thin bone forming the roof of the middle ear, a part of the temporal bone
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Origin
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early 19th century: from Latin, ‘covering’, from tegere ‘to cover’
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