Synonyms for integument

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-teg-yuh-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛg yə mənt

Définition of integument

Origin : 1610s, from Latin integumentum "a covering," from integere "to cover over," from in- "in, upon" (see in- (2)) + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).

noun covering

Example sentences :

Its freedom from causing great shrinking or shrivelling of the integument.
Extract from : « Practical Taxidermy » by Montagu Browne

Their integument is hardened with plates or particles of carbonate of lime.
Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

Man alone, the last in the series, was created from the integument of a dog.
Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft

The integument of the roof of the mouth was smooth and shining.
Extract from : « The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae » by Frederick True

Ex., the integument into which the valves of Chitones are inserted.
Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby

The knee is free and not united to the side of the body by integument.
Extract from : « A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Henry O. Forbes

The integument is leathery, and the color brown of varying shades.
Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold

In all other forms the shell is internal or is invested in the integument of the mantle.
Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold

The sense-organs of man are all found to be only so many modifications of the integument.
Extract from : « The Gospel Of Evolution » by Edward Aveling

There are no spines nor hooks on the integument of the elongated body.
Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

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