HEMELYTRON

{ ‖Hem‐el″y‐tron (? or ?), ‖Hem‐el″y‐trum (–trŭm cf. Elytron, 277), }, n.; pl. Hemelytra (�). [[NL. See Hemi, and Elytron.]] (Zoöl.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.