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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: elytron (0.00890 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elytron
elytron
n : either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn:
wing case]
[also:
elytra (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Elytron
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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