Elevate -us: a part higher than its surroundings.
Elinguata: without a tongue: forms in which the maxillae are connate with the labium: see synista.
Ellipsoidal: see elliptical.
Elliptical: oblong-oval, the ends equally rounded, together forming an even ellipsoid.
Elongata -ate: drawn out; lengthened; much longer than wide.
Elutus: with scarcely distinct markings.
Elytra: the anterior leathery or chitinous wings of beetles, serving as coverings to the secondaries, commonly meeting in a straight line down the middle of dorsum in repose: also applied to the tegmina in Orthoptera.
Elytral ligula: a tongue-like process on the inner face of the side margin of elytra, to perfect the union with the ventral segments: e.g. in Dytiscidae.
Elytriform: shaped or appearing like an elytron.
Elytrin: = chitin, q.v.