'Hemelytrum' definitions:

Definition of 'Hemelytrum'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]