Definition of Elytrum

1. elytron [n -TRA] - See also: elytron

Medical Definition of Elytrum

1. 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. One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See: Coleoptera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr. To roll round. (26 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elytrum

elwand
elwands
elyite
elysian
elysium
elytra
elytral
elytriform
elytrin
elytroid
elytron
elytrotomies
elytrotomy
elytrous
elytrum (current term)
elæon
em-dash
em-dashes
em dash
em dashes
em quad
em quads
em space
em spaces
emacerate
emacerated
emacerates

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