What is one of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc called?
hemelytrum — One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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