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ELYTRON (elytra)

Dictionary entry overview: What does elytron mean?

• ELYTRON (noun)
The noun ELYTRON has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ELYTRON used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ELYTRON (noun)

Sense 1

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

elytron; wing case

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

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

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