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Hemelytrum

{ ‖

Hem-el′y-tron

(? or ?)

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Hem-el′y-trum

(-trŭm cf. Elytron, 277)

, }

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Hemelytra

.

[NL. See

, and

.]

(Zool.)

One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.