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
This is covered by a layer known as the integument.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Mammalian integument, or skin, includes secretory glands with various functions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The mammalian integument includes various secretory glands, including sebaceous glands, eccrine glands, apocrine glands, and mammary glands.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Velum, vē′lum, n. a velarium: the ciliated disc-like fold of the integument with which some embryo molluscs are provided:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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