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(; 277), El"ytrum (-trm) n.; pl. Elytra (). [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to roll round.] (Zol.) (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 Chtopoda. スポンサード リンク
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