natural covering
English Thesaurus
1. a natural object that covers or envelops (noun.object)
hypernym | : | natural object, |
definition | : | an object occurring naturally; not made by man (noun.tops) |
hyponym | : | scale, |
definition | : | a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | shell, |
definition | : | the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | test, |
definition | : | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | body covering, |
definition | : | any covering for the body or a body part (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | case, sheath, |
definition | : | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | integument, |
definition | : | an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | blanket, mantle, |
definition | : | anything that covers (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | envelope, |
definition | : | a natural covering (as by a fluid) (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | cap, hood, |
definition | : | a protective covering that is part of a plant (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | indument, indumentum, |
definition | : | a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | roof, |
definition | : | the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | shell, |
definition | : | a rigid covering that envelops an object (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | eggshell, shell, |
definition | : | the exterior covering of a bird's egg (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | skim, |
definition | : | a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | slough, |
definition | : | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | snowcap, |
definition | : | a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | vesture, |
definition | : | something that covers or cloaks like a garment (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | peridium, |
definition | : | outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | pericarp, seed vessel, |
definition | : | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sac, theca, |
definition | : | a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | indusium, |
definition | : | a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bark, |
definition | : | tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants (noun.plant) |
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