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Integumentary
Integumentary In*teg`u*men"ta*ry, n. Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.
Integumentation
Integumentation In*teg`u*men*ta"tion, n. The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.
Tegument
Tegument Teg"u*ment, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.] 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.

Meaning of Tegumen from wikipedia

- (male). In males, the ninth abdominal segment is divided into a dorsal 'tegumen' and ventral 'vinculum'. They form a ring-like structure for the attachment...
- truncates at the end. The vinculum is broad, with a large slender saccus; the tegumen is elongated. The anellus is generally not sclerotized (hardened), and...
- mouth and **** are located. The body disk that is covered with a leathery tegumen containing calcareous plates (in crinoids and ophiuroids the main part...
- characterized by the male genitalia with a bridge-like structure connecting the tegumen and the valva, and the uncus almost always is vestigial with two lobes...
- tegumen is elongated and well-developed, slightly more curved and rounded at the base comparative to other species. The uncus attaches to the tegumen...
- genitalia: resembling Celestica but uncus bilobate and strongly sclerotized. Tegumen very narrow dorsally, valvae tripartite into various shaped lobes of a...
- covered in bristles and ends in a small tube; it is a bit longer than the tegumen which in turn is about as wide as it is long. The vinculum is almost quadratic...
- (female). In males, the ninth abdominal segment is divided into a dorsal "tegumen" and ventral "viniculum". They form a ring-like structure for the attachment...
- forms another long, slim and curved process. The vinculum is rounded, the tegumen longish with a truncated hind end, and the anellus is a sclerotized plate...
- large tegumen, with its distal edge slightly convex when flattened, while the subunci are short and exhibit bulging at their bases. The tegumen extends...