"elytroid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more elytroid [comparative], most elytroid [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“sheath, a wing case”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|||sheath, a wing case}} Ancient Greek [Term?] (“sheath, a wing case”), {{affix|en|-oid}} -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} elytroid (comparative more elytroid, superlative most elytroid)
  1. (zoology) Resembling a beetle's wingcase. Categories (topical): Zoology

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