elytron

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英語[编辑]

詞源[编辑]

古典借詞，源自古希臘語 ἔλυτρον (élutron, “鞘”)。

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名詞[编辑]

elytron (複數 elytra)

  1. (昆蟲學) 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，頁號 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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