Elytron
nounid
50240·updated May 18, 2026verified
either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- wing case
- plural
- Elytrons
- possessive
- Elytron's
- pluralpossessive
- Elytrons'
Framework definitions
- §1
- either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
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No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.