ELYTRON; ELYTRUM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.


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