Tee"wit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]

Teg (?), n. A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.

[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

||Teg"men (?), n.; pl. Tegmina (#). [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]

||1. A tegument or covering.

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2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and

delicate; the endopleura.

3. (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain

Orthoptera.

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