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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect;
[syn: indumentum, indument]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indument \In"du*ment\, n. [L. indumentum a covering. See Indue, and cf. Induement.] 1. (Zool.) Plumage; feathers. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot., Zool.) A dense covering, especially a hairy one; called also indumentum. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indumentum n 1: a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect [syn: indumentum, indument]