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Complicant :: Complicant (a.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles..

Hemelytra :: Hemelytra (pl. ) of Hemelytru.

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

Sheath :: Sheath (n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

Scale :: Scale (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera..

Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..

Fly-case :: Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles..

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

Vaginopennous :: Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.

Sharded :: Sharded (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle..

Dielytra :: Dielytra (n.) See Dicentra.

Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..

Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera..

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Scaleback :: Scaleback (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda..

Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

Elytra :: Elytra (pl. ) of Elytru.

Euplexoptera :: Euplexoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig..

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