wing case

noun Entomology.

Nearby words

wing bar, wing beat, wing bit, wing bolt, wing bow, wing case, wing chair, wing collar, wing commander, wing covert, wing dam

Origin of wing case

First recorded in 1655–65

Also called wing cover.

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Examples from the Web for wing-case

Here was the hind-leg of one of the smaller beetles, there the wing-case of a flying creature.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
Certainly this resembles a rough sketch of the future wing-case; but how different from the mature structure!
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre
On the right side of the body, in fig. 3, the wing has been folded up, and is covered by the wing-case.
Chatterbox, 1905.|Various
Shard, shrd, n. a fragment, as of an earthen vessel: the wing-case of a beetle.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

The instrument by which it produces its music is contrived out of the ordinary nervures of the wing-case.
The Western World|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for wing-case

wing-case

noun

the nontechnical name for elytron

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