wing case

American  

noun

Entomology.

1. elytron.

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wing-case British  

noun

1. the nontechnical name for elytron

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Etymology

Origin of wing case

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The adult mites don't really move around, however; they prefer to hang out under the wing case, says Greg Hurst, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Liverpool who has studied the mites.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2015

The mites cause infertility in female ladybugs, and a whole lot of damage to the beetle's wing case.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2015

With them are the twigs of a conifer, occasionally a fruit or flower, or the wing case of a beetle.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

The larger beetles are to be pinned through the right wing case, and never in the centre, their legs being nicely arranged in the proper positions, and in some cases the wings may be displayed.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu