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elytrum

elytrum is the alternative form of elytron.

Meaning of elytron

Noun

elytron (plural elytra)

  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 […]1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 9, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 88
    Synonyms:
    wingcase

Forms of elytrum

pluralelytra

Questions about elytrum

What is elytrum the alternative form of?
Elytrum is the alternative form of elytron.

Words near elytrum in the dictionary

  1. elytroid
  2. elytron
  3. elytrotomies
  4. elytrotomy
  5. elytrous
  6. elytrum
  7. Elza
  8. Elzada
  9. Elzas
  10. Elzevir
  11. Elzevirian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elytrum (page history and authors); elytron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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