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Definition of: elytron
(el′ə·tron) noun plural ·tra Entomol.
One of the thickened forewings of certain insects, as beetles; a wing cover: usually in the plural for the wing pair. Also el′y·trum (-trəm). [<Gk. elytron case <eiluein wrap up]
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