coleopteron
Americannoun
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coleoptera
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coleopteron
First recorded in 1755–65; from New Latin, from Greek: singular of Coleoptera
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Peculiarly rich in the coleoptera and in the lepidoptera, forty-six new species of the one and ninety-four of the other had been secured in the course of a few weeks.
From The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It is, however, incomplete,—the locusts and grashoppers, as well as the whole tribe of coleoptera, having been intended for subsequent volumes, which never appeared.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
The abundance of coleoptera and of various other forms of insect life about lava beds, both recent and old, is a very singular fact, and one worthy of the careful observation of entomologists.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri
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 Ellen E. Frewer
He moved forwards with the beasts and, after destroying a considerable tract of stone wall, procured a few specimens of native coleoptera, which he carefully wrapped up in a piece of paper.
From Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
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