| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Resembling a beetle's wing case.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb elytroidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (elytroidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elytroid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ELYTROID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Elytroid \El"y*troid\, adjective. [Greek expression sheath, wing case -oid.]. (references) |
