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ELYTRON (elytra)
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Irregular inflected form: elytra
Dictionary entry overview: What does elytron mean?
• ELYTRON (noun)
The noun ELYTRON has 1 sense:
1. either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
Familiarity information: ELYTRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
elytron; wing case
Hypernyms ("elytron" is a kind of...):
wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))
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