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"Elytron" Definition

noun

Either of the leathery or chitinous forewings of a beetle or a related insect, serving to encase the thin, membranous hind wings used in flight. Also called wing case.
One of the anterior wings in beetles and some other insects that serve to protect the posterior pair of functional wings.