| elytriform | <zoology> Having the form, or structure, of an elytron. Origin: Elytrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| elytrin | <chemistry> See Chitin. Origin: From Elytrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| elytro- | An obsolete combining form meaning the vagina. See: colpo-, vagino-. Origin: G. Elytron, sheath (vagina) (05 Mar 2000) |
| elytroid | <zoology> Resembling a beetle's wing case. Origin: Gr. Sheath, a wing case. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| elytrum | <zoology> 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) |