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elytrum

/'ɪlɪtrəm/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 翅鞘, 翅基
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and
  2. some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection
  3. for the posterior pair.
  4. n. One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids.
  5. See Chaetopoda.