Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The elytron or wing-cover of a beetle.
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Examples
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I should let those fools go to their doom, but an elf does have a certain patriotism, even if he is a coleopteron. "
The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990
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