each of the structures (modified fore-wings) which cover the functional wings in certain insects, as the elytra of beetles and the tegmina of Ortho…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > wing-cover(s) (6) wing-case1661 each of the structures (modified fore-wings) which cover the functional wings in certain insects, as the elytra of beetles and the tegmina of Ortho… wing-shell1681 †(a) the wing-sheath of an insect; (b) any of several kinds of molluscs having the shell or some part of it resembling a wing, as the genus Pinna (=… wing-cover1816 = wing-case n. tegmen1817 A cover, covering, coating, integument. (Only in scientific use.) Entomology (plural). The wing-covers, i.e. the fore wings when modified so as to… wing-sheath1855 = wing-case n. tegumen1882 = tegmen, n. |
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