Associations to the word «Elytron»

Wiktionary

ELYTRON, noun. A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.

Dictionary definition

ELYTRON, noun. Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca