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		Definition of coleopteran in English: coleopterannounˌkɒlɪˈɒpt(ə)rənˌkōlēˈäptərən Entomology An insect of the order Coleoptera; a beetle.  Example sentencesExamples -  More than half of the arthropods were spiders, followed by coleopterans, orthopterans, and homopterans.
 -  Zygopterans and tabanids were absent, and coleopterans, neuropterans, trichopterans, hemipterans (true bugs), and anisopterans were rare.
 -  Our Malaise traps captured primarily dipterans, hymenopterans, and coleopterans.
 -  Trenching and vein-cutting behaviors have been reported for lepidopterans, orthopterans and coleopterans, and there is a correlation between resin canal organization and method of deactivation by insects.
 -  More recently, marginal and non-marginal excisions on the leaves of a variety of ferns and cycadophytes have been described by Ash and tentatively attributed to lepidopterans, coleopterans, or other insects.
 
 
 adjectiveˌkɒlɪˈɒpt(ə)rənˌkōlēˈäptərən Entomology Relating to or denoting coleopterans.  Example sentencesExamples -  On the breeding grounds, Hermit Thrushes are strict insectivores, eating primarily coleopteran adults and larvae and lepidopteran larvae.
 -  For more information on the phylogeny and diversity of the Coleoptera, try the coleopteran pages on the Tree of Life exhibit at the University of Arizona.
 -  This falls within the expected range for a coleopteran genome.
 -  The project will be multi-disciplinary in its approach, integrating pollen diagrams, plant remains, coleopteran analysis and ethnographical information.
 -  Just two weeks later, the diet consisted of 29.6 % coleopteran adults and 57.7 % lepidopteran larvae.
 
 
 Derivatives   adjective  Entomology  A review of the literature revealed that viruses have been found in coleopterous insects.  Example sentencesExamples -  Rich in deadwood, these gaps allow the development of new species of coleopterous insects.
 -  Both adults and immature coleopterous insects belonging to 28-families were collected in the entire agro-forest area with the dominance of scarabaeidae, carabaeidae and coccinellidae.
 -  Now this view of the case enables us at once to explain some of the most striking gaps in the Madeiran coleopterous fauna.
 -  Trogini based on Trogus is a junior homonym of Trogidae MacLeay, 1819, based on the coleopterous genus Trox Fabricius.
 
 
 
    Definition of coleopteran in US English: coleopterannounˌkōlēˈäptərən Entomology An insect of the order Coleoptera; a beetle.  Example sentencesExamples -  More than half of the arthropods were spiders, followed by coleopterans, orthopterans, and homopterans.
 -  Trenching and vein-cutting behaviors have been reported for lepidopterans, orthopterans and coleopterans, and there is a correlation between resin canal organization and method of deactivation by insects.
 -  Zygopterans and tabanids were absent, and coleopterans, neuropterans, trichopterans, hemipterans (true bugs), and anisopterans were rare.
 -  More recently, marginal and non-marginal excisions on the leaves of a variety of ferns and cycadophytes have been described by Ash and tentatively attributed to lepidopterans, coleopterans, or other insects.
 -  Our Malaise traps captured primarily dipterans, hymenopterans, and coleopterans.
 
 
 adjectiveˌkōlēˈäptərən Entomology Relating to or denoting coleopterans.  Example sentencesExamples -  On the breeding grounds, Hermit Thrushes are strict insectivores, eating primarily coleopteran adults and larvae and lepidopteran larvae.
 -  For more information on the phylogeny and diversity of the Coleoptera, try the coleopteran pages on the Tree of Life exhibit at the University of Arizona.
 -  Just two weeks later, the diet consisted of 29.6 % coleopteran adults and 57.7 % lepidopteran larvae.
 -  This falls within the expected range for a coleopteran genome.
 -  The project will be multi-disciplinary in its approach, integrating pollen diagrams, plant remains, coleopteran analysis and ethnographical information.
 
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