What is one of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera called?
tegmen — (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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