Wing-case
111sceard — adj 1. notched, hacked, having gaps or rifts; 2. cut, gashed, mutilated; 3. deprived, bereft of w.g. n ( es/ ) a shard, sherd, potsherd, tile; [Gower used sherd for the scale of a dragon; Shakespeare s shard denotes a beetle s hard wing case];… …
112elytron — n. (pl. elytra) the outer hard usu. brightly coloured wing case of a coleopterous insect. Etymology: Gk elutron sheath …
113shard — n. 1 a broken piece of pottery or glass etc. 2 = POTSHERD. 3 a fragment of volcanic rock. 4 the wing case of a beetle. Etymology: OE sceard: sense 3 f. shard borne (Shakesp.) = born in a shard (dial., = cow dung), wrongly taken as borne on shards …
114el|y|tron — «EHL uh tron», noun, plural tra. either of a pair of thickened front wings that form a protective covering for the hind pair; wing case. Beetles and certain other insects have elytra. ╂[< New Latin elytron < Greek élytron sheath <… …
115France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
116Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
117Dirty War — For other uses, see Dirty War (disambiguation). Argentinean Dirty War Part of Operation Condor …
118Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
119UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
120literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
