Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tegument

1 sense of tegument

Sense 1
skin, tegument, cutis -- (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body")
       => connective tissue -- (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
       => body covering -- (any covering for the body or a body part)