integument

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Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

The mammalian integument includes various secretory glands, including sebaceous glands, eccrine glands, apocrine glands, and mammary glands.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The integument contains an opening called the micropyle, through which the pollen tube enters the embryo sac.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Although most of the data appears logical, the values for the distribution of blood to the integument may seem surprising.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Rhinotheca, rī-nō-thē′ka, n. the integument of a bird's upper mandible.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various