Elytra

Elytra
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]

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  • Elytra — Elytra, Flügeldecken der Insecten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Elytra — (griech.), die Deckflügel, s. Insekten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • elytra — 1774, pl. of elytron hardened wing of an insect, from Gk. elytron “sheath,” from elyein to roll round, from PIE root *wel to turn, roll (with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects); see VULVA (Cf. vulva) …   Etymology dictionary

  • elytra — pl. of elytron …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • elytra — /el i treuh/, n. pl. of elytron. * * * …   Universalium

  • elytra — noun /ˈɛlɪtɹə/ Irregular …   Wiktionary

  • elytra — (Subclass Copepoda): Wing like expansions of the dorsal or dorsolateral surface of postcephalic trunk somites in some siphonostomatoids [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004] …   Crustacea glossary

  • elytra — n. leathery fore wings of beetles and some other insects, meeting in a straight line and serving as protective covers for the hind wings when at rest (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • elytra — /ˈɛlətrə/ (say eluhtruh) plural noun plural of elytron or elytrum …  

  • elytra — plural of elytron * * * /el i treuh/, n. pl. of elytron …   Useful english dictionary

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