ELYTRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: elytra   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings

Synonyms:

elytron; wing case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("elytron" is a kind of...):

wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

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