1. Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
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Derived forms: wing cases

Type of: wing

• cavatina
• cave
• cave bat
• cave dweller
• cave in
• cave myotis
• caveat
• caveat emptor
• Cavell
• caveman
• Cavendish
• caver
• cavern
• cavern out
• cavernous
• cavernous sinus
• cavetto
• Cavia
• Cavia cobaya
• Cavia porcellus
• caviar
• caviare
• Caviidae
• cavil
• caviler