HyperDic: wing_case

English > 1 sense of the expression wing case:
NOUNanimalwing case, elytroneither of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
English > wing case: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningEither of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings.
Synonymelytron
BroaderwingA movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
Spanishelitro, élitro, hemiélitro
Catalanèlitre

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