Definition of Hemelytrum

1. [n -TRA]

Medical Definition of Hemelytrum

1. Origin: NL. See Hemi, and Elytron. One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemelytrum

hematosis
hematotherma
hematothermal
hematotoxicity
hematoxylin
hematoxylins
hematozoa
hematozoon
hematuria
hematurias
hematuric
hemautography
heme
hemelytra
hemelytron
hemelytrum (current term)
hemeprotein
hemeral
hemeralopia
hemeralopias
hemeralopic
hemerobian
hemerobians
hemerobid
hemerobiid
hemerobiid fly
hemerobiids
hemerocallis
hemerocallises
hemerophyte

Literary usage of Hemelytrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), E. B. Reed, Entomological Society of Ontario (1878)
"... punctured ; lateral margin obscurely rufous ; membrane scarcely differing in substance or colour from the rest of the hemelytrum ; legs rufous ? abdomen ..."

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