Definition of Elitron
El"y*tron (?; 277), El"y*trum (-tr&?;m)
n.; pl. Elytra (#). [NL.,
fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to roll round.] (Zoöl.)
(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 Chætopoda.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects
*1997: In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call'd ‘Kalahari' lying north of here — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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