(Biology)a covering structure or roof of an organ, in particular (生)上盖;萼盖物;盖板,尤指 ■(Entomology)a sclerotized forewing serving to cover the hindwing in grasshoppers and related insects (昆)覆翅;阳(茎)基 ■(Botany)the delicate inner protective layer of a seed (植)内种皮 ■(亦作 tegmen tympani)(Anatomy)a plate of thin bone forming the roof of the middle ear, a part of the temporal bone (剖)鼓室盖
语源
early 19th cent.: from Latin, covering', from tegere 'to cover'