elytron是什么意思_elytron读音|解释_elytron同义词|反义词

词源

古典借词，借自古希腊语 ἔλυτρον (élutron, “鞘”)。

发音

• IPA^(帮助)：/ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/

名词

elytron（复数 elytra）

1. (昆虫学) 鞘翅
   • 1997，Thomas Pynchon， Mason & Dixon:

     In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]

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   • 2020，Aimee Nezhukumatathil， World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments，Minneapolis:Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, 页号9:

     […] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift like a light leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.

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