Brachelytra :: Brachelytra (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles..

Dielytra :: Dielytra (n.) See Dicentra.

Elytra :: Elytra (pl. ) of Elytru.

Elytriform :: Elytriform (a.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron..

Elytrin :: Elytrin (n.) See Chitin.

Elytroid :: Elytroid (a.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Elytron :: Elytron (n.) Alt. of Elytru.

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) 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..

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.

Gastroelytrotomy :: Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous..

Hemelytra :: Hemelytra (pl. ) of Hemelytru.

Hemelytron :: Hemelytron (n.) Alt. of Hemelytru.

Hemelytrum :: Hemelytrum (n.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc..

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