transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-lə-ˌträn ]
noun
( plural el·y·tra -trə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, sheath, wing cover, from eilyein to roll, wrap — more at voluble
Date: 1774
: one of the anterior wings in beetles and some other insects that serve to protect the posterior pair of functional wings
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