Elytron
An elytron (from Greek: ἔλυτρον; plural: elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and a few of the true bugs (Heteroptera); in most true bugs, the forewings are instead called hemelytra (sometimes misspelled as "hemielytra"), as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous. An elytron is sometimes also referred to as a shard.
Description
The elytra primarily serve as protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings, flying while still holding the elytra open, though some beetles in the families Scarabaeidae and Buprestidae can fly with the elytra closed.
In some groups, the elytra are fused together, rendering the insect flightless. Some of the ground beetles (family Carabidae) are a good example of this.
The term is also used to describe the hard scales of some polychaete worms, notably the Polynoidae. These outgrowths of the body wall are distinguished from chaeta, which grow from follicles and thus possess roots.
Elytron (journal)
Elytron is a Spain-based journal for specialists in coleopterology (the study of beetles). It was first published in 1987.
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One More Day
by: EldrineAfter the day I met you there, I'm not the same
I try to sleep, but nothing helps me to feel insane
Passion game that I'll play gonna last one more day
One more night I'll be there in my dreams again and again
I wanna give it on fire, uncover vicious desire
Abandon painful denial, find pretty reason to stay
One more forbidden sensation, one more emotional flare
Down with the fake hesitation, hell yeah, I'm ready to pay
Pay for the hopeless despair
Gonna live one more day of my fate
Here I am standing with my determination
Remember when I used to be one of those silly fellows kind of 'really don't care'
And I realised all my thoughts and all my fears around me
You wanted to know what I felt and you got it right there
Turn around, all the words of regrets
And seize the chance to find the way so I can be raised
I am lame, psycho from the brain,
There is nothing I can do, that's the part of the game
Out of such foolish state, it's gonna find no other way
(Make way 'cause it's all about the shame)
Feel no shame, 'cause I live one more day again
I wanna give it on fire, uncover vicious desire
Abandon painful denial, find pretty reason to stay
One more forbidden sensation, one more emotional flare
Down with the fake hesitation, hell yeah, I'm ready to pay
Pay for the hopeless despair
(Turn back in the days when you desired and craved)
(And all the way you felt just like you're burned in the flames)
Gonna live one more day of my fate
(No shame, no way, no play, no brain, no game)
I wanna give it on fire, uncover vicious desire
Abandon painful denial, find pretty reason to stay
One more forbidden sensation, one more emotional flare
Down with the fake hesitation, hell yeah, I'm ready to pay
Pay for the hopeless despair