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coleopteral

coleopteral adjective: coleopterous.

Adjective

coleopteral (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) coleopterous.

Origin of coleopteral

From κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), + -al.

Questions about coleopteral

What does coleopteral mean?
Coleopteral means coleopterous.
What part of speech is coleopteral?
Coleopteral is an adjective.

Words near coleopteral in the dictionary

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

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