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 'swingcase .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek sheath, a wing case + -oid.
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