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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Integument \In*teg"u*ment\, n. [L. integumentum, fr. integere to cover; pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. int['e]gument. See 1st n-, and Tegument.] That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular part. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

integument n 1: an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "integument": Leatherette, Leatheroid, border, circumference, coat, cortex, covering, crust, cuticle, dermis, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, facade, face, facet, fell, fleece, flesh, fringe, front, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur, imitation leather, jacket, leather, leather paper, lineaments, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outside, pelt, peltry, periphery, rawhide, rind, sheath, shell, skin, skins, superficies, superstratum, surface, tegmen, tegmentum, tegument, top, vair