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Coleoptera
[ koh-lee-op-ter-uh, kol-ee- ]
noun
- the order comprising the beetles.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Coleoptera1
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Example Sentences
On the other hand, our knowledge of the earlier states of Coleoptera is yet very imperfect as compared with the Lepidoptera.
Young Oak trees or Oak shrubs are much more preferred by the leaf-eating Coleoptera peculiar to this tree than the older trees.
This is the best way of obtaining the numerous species of rare Micro-coleoptera of various families that inhabit such places.
The fall is also the best season for collecting Coleoptera living in fungi.
Chilognathiform forms are equally numerous in the Coleoptera with the preceding.
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