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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

elytron

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Source Word

elytron

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/

Noun

A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.

Japanese Meaning

（主に昆虫において）保護の役割を果たす硬質な前翅、すなわち鞘翅。一般的には後翅（または場合によっては脊髄周囲）を覆う外側の鞘として機能する。

What is this buttons?

When disturbed, the beetle quickly closed its elytron over the delicate hindwing beneath.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

刺激を受けると、その甲虫は繊細な後翅を覆うように上翅を素早く閉じた。

Sense（1）

A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.

In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

elytra

（ plural ）

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