- elytrin
- elytrin
(ˈɛlɪtrɪn)[f. elytr-on + -in.]‘The form of chitin which composes the elytra of insects’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
elytrin
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Elytrin — El y*trin, n. [From {Elytrum}.] (Chem.) See {Chitin}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elytrin — n. [Gr. elytron, sheath; L. ine, compound] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Coleoptera, the chitinized composition of the body surface covering … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
