tectum

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
2. noun The interconnected outer surface of a spore.

Similar words

superior colliculus tectorial membrane collothalamus tectorium metacoel tentorium monticulus cerebelli medicornu spinocerebellum tentorium cerebelli

Often followed by

and of in opticum is mesencephali to are or

Word family

tecta tectal