A tegmen (plural: tegmina) designates the modified leathery front wing on an insect particularly in the orders Dermaptera (earwigs), Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and similar families), Mantodea (praying mantis), Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects) and Blattodea (cockroaches). ==The nature of tegmina== The term tegmen refers to a miscellaneo...
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Thickened or leathery front wing (plural = tegmina)
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covering or shell
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• (n.) A tegument or covering. • (n.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. • (n.) Same as Tectrices. • (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
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(plural tegmina) The leathery forewing of a grasshopper or similar insect, such as a cockroach
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(teg´mәn) Latin word meaning a covering structure or roof; a term used in anatomy. tegmen tympani the thin layer of bone that forms the roof of the tympanic cavity, separating it from the cranial cavity.
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The thickened and leathery forewing in the insect orders Orthoptera and Dictyoptera.
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Teg'men noun ;
plural Tegmina . [ Latin , from
tegere ,
tectum , to cover.]
1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Botany) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zoology) One of the el...
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The leathery forewing of a grasshopper or similar insect, such as a cockroach
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Type: Term Pronunciation: teg′men, -mi-nis, -mi-nă Definitions: 1. A structure that covers or roofs over a part.
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Latin = covering (cf. integument = the skin).
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