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What is an integument?

What is an integument? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
  2. (botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.
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There are studies on the vasculature of the scaled integument of lizards and snakes.
The integument delimits the body of the organism, separating it from the environment and protecting it from foreign matter.
A nucellar dome has been formed in the massive nucellar cap and the integument has overgrown the nucellus and formed a wide-open micropyle.
Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface.
Even in cases of worms, the abdominal integument had to pay its blood-tribute, particularly if enteritis prevailed.
The outer covering of crustaceans is variously called the integument, cuticle, or exoskeleton.

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