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Elytra
(gcide) | Elytron \El"y*tron\ (?; 277), Elytrum \El"y*trum\ (-tr?m)n.; pl.
Elytra. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to roll round.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and
some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as
a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera.
(b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids.
See Ch[ae]topoda.
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Brachelytra
(gcide) | Brachelytra \Brach*el"y*tra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (?) short + ?
a covering.] (Zool.)
A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
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Dielytra
(gcide) | Dielytra \Di*el"y*tra\, n. (Bot.)
See Dicentra.
[1913 Webster]Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\ (d[-i]*s[e^]n"tr[.a]), Prop. n. [NL., fr.
Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ke`ntron spur.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or
heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches,
and the more showy Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis).
[Corruptly written dielytra.]
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dielytra
(gcide) | Dielytra \Di*el"y*tra\, n. (Bot.)
See Dicentra.
[1913 Webster]Dicentra \Di*cen"tra\ (d[-i]*s[e^]n"tr[.a]), Prop. n. [NL., fr.
Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ke`ntron spur.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or
heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches,
and the more showy Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis).
[Corruptly written dielytra.]
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Hemelytra
(gcide) | Hemelytron \Hem*el"y*tron\ (? or ?), Hemelytrum \Hem*el"y*trum\
(-tr[u^]m cf. Elytron, 277),, n.; pl. Hemelytra. [NL. See
Hemi, and Elytron.] (Zool.)
One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain
insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
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atriplex hymenelytra
(wn) | Atriplex hymenelytra
n 1: handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States
and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often
used for Christmas decoration [syn: desert holly,
Atriplex hymenelytra] |
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