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Alt. of Elytrum

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  1. n. Alt. of Elytrum
  2. n. either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
  3. (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.
  4. n either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings