[ˈtɛɡmɛn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sclerotized forewing serving to cover the hindwing in grasshoppers and related insects

- the delicate inner protective layer of a seed

- a plate of thin bone forming the roof of the middle ear, a part of the temporal bone


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Origin:
early 19th century: from Latin, ‘covering’, from tegere ‘to cover’