Tĕg'ū-ment, n.

n. [Fr. tégument, Sp. tegumento, Lat. tegumentum, from tegere, to cover.]

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.
3. (Entom.) The covering of the wings of orthopterous insects. Brande.