Elytron
Pronunciation : El"y*tron
Part of Speech : El"y*trum
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo?l.) (a) 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. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. S
Definition :
(-tr n.; pl. Elytra.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913