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elytron
(encz) | elytron,krovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Elytron
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
elytron
(wn) | elytron
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn: wing case, elytron] |
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elytron
(encz) | elytron,krovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hemelytron
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
elytron
(wn) | elytron
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn: wing case, elytron] |
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