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

Several other characteristics are distinctive to mammals, including certain features of the jaw, skeleton, integument, and internal anatomy.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

This is covered by a layer known as the integument.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It is an irritation of the integument in the cleft of the foot, slightly resembling incipient hoof-ail, and producing lameness.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert