English to English Dictionary -elytra

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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..

Proselyte :: Proselyte (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte..

Proselyte :: Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over..

Proselyted :: Proselyted (imp. & p. p.) of Proselyt.

Proselyting :: Proselyting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselyt.

Proselytism :: Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party..

Proselytism :: Proselytism (n.) Conversion to a religion, system, or party..

Proselytize :: Proselytize (v. t.) To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte..

Proselytize :: Proselytize (v. i.) To make converts or proselytes.

Proselytized :: proselytized (imp. & p. p.) of Proselytiz.

Proselytizer :: Proselytizer (n.) One who proselytes.

Proselytizing :: Proselytizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselytiz.

Thelytokous :: Thelytokous (a.) Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

Unproselyte :: Unproselyte (v. t.) To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.