coleopteron
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Etymology
Origin of coleopteron
First recorded in 1755–65; from New Latin, from Greek: singular of Coleoptera
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"I know what I have learned from your work upon the coleoptera, Sir Thomas," I answered.
From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Hemiptera, or Half-winged Insects, having the shells or cases semicrustaceous, not divided by a straight line as in the coleoptera, but overlapping each other at the margin; the beak curved inwards; 12 genera, 353 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Amongst his collection of insects were some very remarkable examples of new staphylins, a species of carnivorous coleoptera with eyes placed above their head; it was a kind supposed to be peculiar to New Caledonia.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.
Bates the types and other specimens of coleoptera described by him which had not remained in the original collection.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
A great quantity of coleoptera assembled on the flat roof of the Observatory, where the ashes and lapilli were heaped up two decimetres in height.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
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