英語

詞源

古典借詞，源自古希臘語 (élutron, “鞘”)。

發音

  • 國際音標(幫助)：/ˈɛlɪtɹɒn/

名詞

(複數)

  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, , World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN，頁號 9:
      […] the elytra covering the hind wings of the firefly lift like a light leather, suppler than any other beetle’s.
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