Elytrum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 132 anagrams from letters in elytrum (elmrtuy).
Latinized variant of elytron
The elytrum, which is heavier and much less extensive, repeats this structure.
I saw one once on one elytrum of a beetle and not on the other.
The suture is the internal margin of the elytrum from the point of the scutellum to the end.
When a spot for instance is partly on one elytrum and partly on the other.
In general it is either rectangular or rounded, with a prominence of the elytrum within it.
elytrum, el′it-rum, n. the fore-wing of beetles, modified to form more or less hard coverings for the hind pair—also El′ytron:—pl.
This robust structure seems to indicate that the scapular has to counteract a powerful action both of the leg and elytrum.