| 单词 | case-wing |
| 释义 | > as lemmascase-wing ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > parts of > wing-case habergeona1637 gubernaculums1661 case-wing1686 sheath-wing?1703 elytron1774 shard1811 elytrum1816 sheath1826 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 843 It [sc. the insect] appears to be of the Beetle kind; it is of a dark Brown colour unpolisht, when the case wings are opened, it extends two very large membranous wings, fastened to the upper part of the Thorax. 1748 Philos. Trans. 1747 44 579 The Elytra or case Wings are of a reddish light-brown Colour, and seem sprinkled with a white Powder that may be easily wiped off. 1883 E. Phipson Animal-lore of Shakspeare's Time xvii. 400 The case-wings of the beetle..while they seem to impede its flight, protect it from harm. < as lemmas |
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