indumentum

indumentum
/in'doo men"teuhm, -dyoo-/, n., pl. indumenta /-teuh/, indumentums. Bot., Zool.
a dense, hairy covering.
[1840-50; < NL; L: garment, covering, equiv. to L indu(ere) to put on, don (ind-, by-form of in- IN2 + -uere, from a v. base *eu- or *ou- ( > u-), akin to OCS obuti, Lith auti to put on (shoes); cf. EXUVIAE) + -mentum -MENT]

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