'Hemelytron' definitions:
Definition of 'Hemelytron'
- Hemelytron \Hem*el"y*tron\ (? or ?), Hemelytrum \Hem*el"y*trum\
(-tr[u^]m cf. Elytron, 277),, n.; pl. Hemelytra. [NL. See
Hemi, and Elytron.] (Zool.)
One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain
insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
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