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Elytrum

El′y-tron

(?; 277)
,

El′y-trum

(-tr[GREEK]m)
Noun.
;
pl.
Elytra
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἔλυτρον
, fr.
ἐλύειν
to roll round.]
(Zoöl.)
(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
Chætopoda
.

Definition 2024


elytrum

elytrum

English

Noun

elytrum (plural elytra)

  1. Alternative form of elytron