Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Elytriform; sheath-like; vaginal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Resembling a beetle's wingcase.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek sheath, a wing case + -oid.

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