Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of large cetonian coleopters, typical of the subfamily Megasominæ, having the prosternal process glabrous; Hercules-beetles or elephant-beetles.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
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The smallest, cotinis texana, is 2 cm long, while the largest is a massive 20 cm long megasoma elephas.
Cyborg beetles Edstock 2009
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