hemi-elytrumn.

/hɛmɪˈɛlɪtrəm/

Forms: Plural hemi-elytra. Also hemelytrum.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἡμι- hemi- prefix + ἔλυτρον elytrum n., sheath.

Zoology.

The fore wing of an insect, which is coriaceous at the base and membranous at the end, as in the Hemiptera and Heteroptera.

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hemi-elytrum1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 387 Wings covered by Hemelytra or Tegmina.

1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 210 In some of the Hemiptera..the apices [of the anterior wings] remain membranous, and to these the term ‘hemelytra’ is applied.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 500 The fore wings may be converted into wing covers..as in the hemi-elytra of Dermaptera and elytra of Coleoptera.

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hemi-ˈelytral adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a hemielytrum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hemi-elytrum
释义	hemi-elytrumn. /hɛmɪˈɛlɪtrəm/ Forms: Plural hemi-elytra. Also hemelytrum. Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἡμι- hemi- prefix + ἔλυτρον elytrum n., sheath. Zoology. The fore wing of an insect, which is coriaceous at the base and membranous at the end, as in the Hemiptera and Heteroptera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > fore-wing hemi-elytrum1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 387 Wings covered by Hemelytra or Tegmina. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 210 In some of the Hemiptera..the apices [of the anterior wings] remain membranous, and to these the term ‘hemelytra’ is applied. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 500 The fore wings may be converted into wing covers..as in the hemi-elytra of Dermaptera and elytra of Coleoptera. Derivatives Categories » hemi-ˈelytral adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a hemielytrum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1826
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