Hemelytrum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemelytron \Hem*el"y*tron\ (? or ?), Hemelytrum \Hem*el"y*trum\
     (-tr[u^]m cf. {Elytron}, 277),, n.; pl. {Hemelytra}. [NL. See
     {Hemi}, and {Elytron}.] (Zool.)
     One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain
     insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
     [1913 Webster]