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Brachelytra

Brachelytra \Brach*el"y*tra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (?) short + ? a covering.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

Usage examples of "brachelytra".

Among these, there were only two of the Carabidae, four Brachelytra, fifteen Rhyncophora, and fourteen of the Chrysomelidae.