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noun Elytrum, Elytron n. (pl. elytra) (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 Chaetopoda.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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