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scale
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
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shell
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
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test
a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
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body covering
any covering for the body or a body part
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case, sheath
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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integument
an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell
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blanket, mantle
anything that covers
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crust, encrustation, incrustation
a hard outer layer that covers something
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envelope
a natural covering (as by a fluid)
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cap, hood
a protective covering that is part of a plant
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indument, indumentum
a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect
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roof
the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space
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shell
a rigid covering that envelops an object
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eggshell, shell
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
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skim
a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
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slough
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
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snowcap
a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)
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vesture
something that covers or cloaks like a garment
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peridium
outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
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pericarp, seed vessel
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
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chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium
collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
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sac, theca
a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
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indusium
a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern
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bark
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
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hide, pelt, skin
body covering of a living animal
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feather, plumage, plume
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
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protective covering
the tough natural covering of some organisms
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fish scale
scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
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squama
a protective structure resembling a scale
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valve
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
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valve
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
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scallop shell
a shell of a scallop
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oyster shell
a shell of an oyster
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phragmacone, phragmocone
the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
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theca
outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects
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lorica
a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
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seashell
the shell of a marine organism
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clamshell
the shell of a clam
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cutis, skin, tegument
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
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exuviae
cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis
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hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
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headful
a covering over the surface of your head
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medullary sheath, myelin sheath
a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
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neurilemma, neurolemma
thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
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epicranium
the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium
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exoskeleton
the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
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calculus, tartar, tophus
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
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epicarp, exocarp
outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
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mesocarp
the middle layer of a pericarp
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endocarp, pit, stone
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
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capsule
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
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cinnamon, cinnamon bark
aromatic bark used as a spice
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Chinese cinnamon, cassia bark
aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
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cinnamon bark
aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative
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magnolia
dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
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bur, burr
seed vessel having hooks or prickles
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tanbark
bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering
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mezereum
the dried bark of the shrub mezereon
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canella, canella bark, white cinnamon
highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
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falls
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
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Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona, cinchona bark
medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
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cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark
aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
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husk
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
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cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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winter's bark
aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
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tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark
the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
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angostura, angostura bark
the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters
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cork
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
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cork, phellem
(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
