| 释义 |
hem·el·y·tron
\-ə.ˌträn\ noun
also hem·el·y·trum \-ə.trəm\
(plural hemely·tra \-ə.trə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from hem- (from hemi-) + elytron or elytrum
1. : one of the basally thickened anterior wings of various insects (as of Hemiptera)
2. : one of the elytra of a chaetopod worm |