Tegument

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tegument
    n 1: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of
         touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn:
         {skin}, {tegument}, {cutis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part
      or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
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