elytrum

elytrum is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.
2. noun. One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.

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