"tecto-" meaning in English

See tecto- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From tect(um) + -o-, from Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|tectum|-o-|alt1=tect(um)}} tect(um) + -o-, {{uder|en|la|tēctum||roof}} Latin tēctum (“roof”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} tecto-
  1. Tectum, dorsal portion, outer surface. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: tectobulbar, tectocephalic, tectocerebellar, tectofugal, tectofugally, tectopontine, tectopulvinar, tectospinal, tectotectal, tectothalamic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    ]
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        },
        {
          "word": "tectocephalic"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "tectofugal"
        },
        {
          "word": "tectofugally"
        },
        {
          "word": "tectopontine"
        },
        {
          "word": "tectopulvinar"
        },
        {
          "word": "tectospinal"
        },
        {
          "word": "tectotectal"
        },
        {
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        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "tectocephalic"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectocerebellar"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectofugal"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectofugally"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectopontine"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectopulvinar"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectospinal"
    },
    {
      "word": "tectotectal"
    },
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      "word": "tectothalamic"
    }
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