What is "tegmina"

Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl. Tegmina. [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]

1. A tegument or covering.

2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.

3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.

4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Tectrices.

n. (plural of tegmen English)

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