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Webster 1913 Edition


Coleopter

Coˊle-op′ter

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Coleoptera.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coleopter

COLEOPTER

,TERA,
Noun.
The coleopters, in Linnes system of entomology, are an order of insects, having crustaceous elytra or shells, which shut and form a longitudinal suture along the back, as the beetle.

Definition 2024


coleopter

coleopter

English

Noun

coleopter (plural coleopters)

  1. (zoology) One of the Coleoptera.