Coleopteran.

/kɒliːˈɒptərə/

Forms: Rarely in singular coleopteron; see also prec.

Etymology: modern Latin (neuter plural), < Greek κολεόπτερος sheath-winged ( < κολεός sheath + πτερόν wing), used by Aristotle to describe insects of the beetle kind.

Zoology. With plural agreement.

a. A large and important order of insects, distinguished by having the anterior pair of wings converted into elytra or hard sheaths which cover the other pair when not in use; the Beetles. (See beetle n.² 1.)

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1763 Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 659 Coleoptera..an order of insects..known in English by the general name of beetles.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxvii. 405 Some of the coleoptera described would seem to be now extinct.

1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 155 The Strepsipteron has certain characters in common with a coleopteron.

b. Formerly applied to the elytra of beetles.Spelt coleoptra in Kirby and Spence.

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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 333 Explan. Terms Coleoptra, the two elytra spoken of together.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlviii. 439 The older naturalists..would call it ‘the coccinella with red coleoptra, having seven black dots’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coleoptera
释义	Coleopteran. /kɒliːˈɒptərə/ Forms: Rarely in singular coleopteron; see also prec. Etymology: modern Latin (neuter plural), < Greek κολεόπτερος sheath-winged ( < κολεός sheath + πτερόν wing), used by Aristotle to describe insects of the beetle kind. Zoology. With plural agreement. a. A large and important order of insects, distinguished by having the anterior pair of wings converted into elytra or hard sheaths which cover the other pair when not in use; the Beetles. (See beetle n.² 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] Coleoptera1763 herpes- the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) beetlea800 buddea1200 scarbot14.. escharbon1480 clock1568 black-bob1742 hardback1750 coleopter1860 Coleoptera1875 1763 Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 659 Coleoptera..an order of insects..known in English by the general name of beetles. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxvii. 405 Some of the coleoptera described would seem to be now extinct. 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 155 The Strepsipteron has certain characters in common with a coleopteron. b. Formerly applied to the elytra of beetles.Spelt coleoptra in Kirby and Spence. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 333 Explan. Terms Coleoptra, the two elytra spoken of together. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlviii. 439 The older naturalists..would call it ‘the coccinella with red coleoptra, having seven black dots’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1763
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