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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elytron \El"y*tron\ (?; 277), Elytrum \El"y*trum\ (-tr?m)n.; pl {Elytra}. [NL., fr Gr ?, fr ? to roll round.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 {Ch[ae]topoda}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elytron n : either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings [syn: {wing case}]
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