coleopteron

American  

[koh-lee-op-ter-uhn, kol-ee-] / ˌkoʊ liˈɒp tər ən, ˌkɒl i- /

noun

plural

coleoptera

1. a coleopterous insect; beetle.

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Etymology

Origin of coleopteron

First recorded in 1755–65; from New Latin, from Greek: singular of Coleoptera

Example Sentences

Platypsyllus, therefore, is a good Coleopteron, and in all the characters in which it so strongly approaches the Mallophaga it offers merely an illustration of modification due to food habit and environment.

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It is not recorded that Adams, who found the colossal antediluvian pachyderm in a thick-ribbed mountain of Siberian ice, ran wild over his trouvaille; but Schmidl, in describing the natural history of the caves of the Karst, speaks of an eminent entomologist as "der glückliche Entdecker," the happy discoverer of a new coleopteron, in one of those dim caverns.

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Being used to Frederick I do not take him too seriously and made no reply, intending to brush the incident aside, but I found my gaze continually returning to Coleopteron, conscious of that peculiar fascination which attracts one to impending tragedy.

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It seemed that Coleopteron was under some divine protection which enabled him to elude so large a crowd.

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Half-way across the twenty-foot pavement Coleopteron was sniffed at by a dog and our hearts stopped beating, but again he was saved by the fact that the dog was on a chain and just hadn't time to eat him before he was dragged after his mistress.

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