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coleopter

coleopter noun: one of the Coleoptera; a beetle.

Noun

coleopter (plural coleopters)

  1. One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.
  2. A type of VTOL aircraft which uses a ducted fan as the primary fuselage of the entire aircraft.
    • But the coleopter, with its tubular wing, belongs in a class by itself.1955 May, “Why You May Fly in a Barrel”, in Popular Science, volume 166, number 5, page 100

Forms of coleopter

pluralcoleopters

Questions about coleopter

What does coleopter mean?
Coleopter means one of the Coleoptera; a beetle.
What part of speech is coleopter?
Coleopter is a noun.
What is the plural of coleopter?
The plural of coleopter is coleopters.

Words near coleopter in the dictionary

  1. coleoid
  2. coleoids
  3. coleophoran
  4. coleophorid
  5. coleophorids
  6. coleopter
  7. coleopteral
  8. coleopteran
  9. coleopterans
  10. coleoptericin
  11. coleoptericins

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