Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota — the beetles.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος ("sheath-wing"), from κολεός (koleos, "sheath") and πτερόν (pteron, "wing").

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Examples

  • The light reached one of them, and the word Coleoptera written in gold letters glittered mysteriously upon a vast dimness.

    Lord Jim 1899

  • The light reached one of them, and the word Coleoptera written in gold letters glittered mysteriously upon a vast dimness.

    Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1890

  • Give me the Coleoptera, and the kings of the Coleoptera are the beetles!

    The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Give me the Coleoptera, and the kings of the Coleoptera are the beetles!

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • There is the ability to browse through the thumbnails (e.g., for a volume on beetles [Coleoptera]) for all the images ( "plates") from a given volume, which I found very helpful in picking those images that I wanted to see up close.

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana 2008

  • There is the ability to browse through the thumbnails (e.g., for a volume on beetles [Coleoptera]) for all the images ( "plates") from a given volume, which I found very helpful in picking those images that I wanted to see up close.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • Patterns in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in single-row hedgerows in a Danish agricultural landscape.

    Contributor: Lene Sigsgaard 2010

  • The ACG is estimated to possess 12,000 species of nematodes, 20,000 species of Coleoptera (beetles) and 13,000 species of Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and relatives).

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2008

  • Invertebrates include 87 families of insects, with 21 families each of the Coleoptera and Ledidoptera, and 8 species of shrimps.

    Jaú National Park, Brazil 2008

  • In Finland, 14 species, mostly beetles (Coleoptera) and bugs (Hemiptera), associated with burnt areas in forests are threatened with extinction [18].

    Arctic boreal forest environments 2009

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