bracer (braser)

[ brachiate Brach elytra (bra-kel'i-trä), n. pl. [NL., tion, a division of Coleoptera including the rove-beetles, or Staphylinidæ, which have the elytra short, not nearly covering the abdomen, the antennæ short, not clavate, and usually two anal appendages. Some of these insects are known as cocktails, from the way they have of cocking up their tails. With the Staphylinidæ the Pselaphidæ are sometimes a ociated under Brach elytra. These are trimerous, with fixed abdomen and no anal appendages. See cut under rove- beetle. Also called Brachyelytra.