elytrum

[ el-i-truhm ]

noun

, Obsolete.

, plural el·y·tra [el, -i-tr, uh].

1. elytron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of elytrum¹

Latinized variant of elytron

Example Sentences

In the genus Blaps F., the mucro that arms the apex of each elytrum is longer in the former sex than in the latter.

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When a spot for instance is partly on one elytrum and partly on the other.

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I saw one once on one elytrum of a beetle and not on the other.

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The elytrum, which is heavier and much less extensive, repeats this structure.

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Elytrum, el′it-rum, n. the fore-wing of beetles, modified to form more or less hard coverings for the hind pair—also El′ytron:—pl.

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