Definitions for elytron

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elytron el·y·tron

Spelling: [el-i-tron]

IPA: /ˈɛl ɪˌtrɒn/

Elytron is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in elytron (elnorty).

Definitions for elytron

noun

1. one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.

Origin of elytron

1745-55; New Latin Greek élytron a covering

Examples for elytron

Complicant: when one elytron extends over the other and partially covers it.

Axis: a small process at base of elytron, upon which it turns.

Sometimes the glands are found beneath the disk of the elytron, opening by pores on the surface.