tegument Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
    cutis; skin.
    • your skin is the largest organ of your body

WordNet

Teg"u*ment noun
Etymology
L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913