tectum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of tectum
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
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noun
- The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
- The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
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Etymology
From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“to cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; any covered room of a house”). Doublet of tect.
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