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
A double-layered integument protects the megasporangium and, later, the embryo sac.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Several other characteristics are distinctive to mammals, including certain features of the jaw, skeleton, integument, and internal anatomy.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The integument will develop into the seed coat after fertilization and protect the entire seed.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A singular modification is often undergone by the integument affected with erysipelas which has also been the seat of other cutaneous disorders.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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