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elytroid

elytroid adjective: resembling a beetle's elytron (wingcase).

Adjective

elytroid (comparative more elytroid, superlative most elytroid)

  1. (archaic) Resembling a beetle's elytron (wingcase).
    Synonyms:
    elytriform

Synonyms of elytroid

Forms of elytroid

comparativemore elytroid
superlativemost elytroid

Origin of elytroid

From elytra + -oid.

Questions about elytroid

What does elytroid mean?
Elytroid means resembling a beetle's elytron (wingcase).
What part of speech is elytroid?
Elytroid is an adjective.

Words near elytroid in the dictionary

  1. elytrae
  2. elytral
  3. elytriferous
  4. elytriform
  5. elytrigerous
  6. elytroid
  7. elytron
  8. elytrotomies
  9. elytrotomy
  10. elytrous
  11. elytrum

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