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单词 anelytrous
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anelytrousadj.

Brit. /əˈnɛlᵻtrəs/, U.S. /əˈnɛlətrəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anelytrus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anelytrus (1653 or earlier; 1542 or earlier as anelytra , neuter plural, designating a group of insects; < ancient Greek ἀνέλυτρος sheathless (used of insects by Aristotle; < ἀν- an- prefix2 + ἔλυτρον elytron n.)) + -ous suffix.In quot. 1910 probably independently < an- prefix2 + elytrous adj. Compare the following earlier use, in an English context, of post-classical Latin (later also scientific Latin) Anelytra, name of a group of insects :1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. a8 Insects, which are..Terrestrial with feet and wings, and are either anelytra, having no wing-coverings..; or coleoptera, having wing-cases.
Entomology. rare.
†Originally designating an order, variety, etc., of winged insects without elytra (i.e. not coleopterous) (obsolete). In later use designating a beetle without elytra. Cf. coleopterous adj.
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1813 Trans. Linn. Soc. 11 100 The wings..have nothing in common with the anelytrous orders, differing from them in figure, substance, and in veins.
1856 Nat. Hist. Rev. 3 Proc. 17 The Pulicidæ agree with the Diptera, and with them alone, among the anelytrous orders, in the normal number of the malpighian vessels.
1910 M. Burr Fauna Brit. India: Dermaptera 88 In three of the males, the elytra are almost obsolete and their outline can scarcely be detected; this may be an anelytrous variety.
2011 G. Gordh Dict. Entomol. (ed. 2) 72/1 Anelytrous, Coleoptera: Descriptive of adult beetles with a complete absence of elytra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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