/in'doo men"teuhm, -dyoo-/ , n. , pl. indumenta /-teuh/ , indumentums . Bot., Zool.
a dense, hairy covering.
[ 1840-50; indu ( ere ) to put on, don ( ind-, by-form of in- IN 2 + -uere, from a v. base * eu- or * ou- ( > u- ), akin to OCS obuti, Lith auti to put on (shoes); cf. EXUVIAE) + -mentum -MENT ]