natural covering

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natural covering - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

covering, cover

natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man

scale - a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

shell - the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

test - a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

body covering - any covering for the body or a body part

sheath, case - an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

integument - an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

blanket, mantle - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"

crust, encrustation, incrustation - a hard outer layer that covers something

envelope - a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"

hood, cap - a protective covering that is part of a plant

indument, indumentum - a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect

roof - the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space; "the roof of the cave was very high"; "I could see the roof of the bear's mouth"

shell - a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"

eggshell, shell - the exterior covering of a bird's egg

skim - a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

slough - any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

snowcap - a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)

vesture - something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green"

peridium - outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi

pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils

theca, sac - a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule

indusium - a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern

bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

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As well as bombarding the Korean Embassy with letters of complaint, I have also written to the Spanish Embassy to complain about tauromachy (bull fighting), as well as the Chinese Embassy to protest about their brutal treatment of dogs in the production of tegumental products (the dog's natural covering - fur, skin, etc).