elytron
Definitions
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
Equivalents
Examples
“In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]”
“[…] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift⟳ like⟳ a light⟳ leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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