elytron

英語

詞源

古典借詞，源自古希臘語 ἔλυτρον (élutron, “鞘”)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/

名詞

elytron (複數 elytra)

1. (昆蟲學) 鞘翅
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     In a corner, the Darkling Beetle rustles in its Cage, its Elytra the same unforgiving white as the great sand-waste call’d ‘Kalahari’ lying north of here […]

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   • 2020, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN，第 9 頁:

     […] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift like a light leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.

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