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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elytron /ˈɛlɪtrɒn/

▶noun (pl. elytra /-trə/) Entomology each of the two wing cases of a beetle.

– origin C18: from Gk elutron ‘sheath’.

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