Category:Hemelytron

Hem*el"y*tron or, Hem*el"y*trum (-trûm cf. Elytron, 277),, n.; pl. Hemelytra (. Etym: [NL. See Hemi, and Elytron.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.