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A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A tegument or covering.

Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.

A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.

A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

rtaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement. -- Teg"u*lar*ly, adv.

Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor. Fairholt.

A cover or covering; an integument.

Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.

A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.

Branchiostegal.

Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.

Of or pertaining to a category.

Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically.

The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A. Marvell.

One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. Emerson.

To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.

n be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament. The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration b…