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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Integument \In*teg"u*ment\, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int['e]gument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.] That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

integument n 1: an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell