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elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
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English Phonetic:
'ɪlɪtrəm
Detailed Definition:
n. One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and\n some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection\n for the posterior pair.\nn. One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids.\n See Chaetopoda.