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noun
The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
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History
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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