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coleopteroid

coleopteroid adjective: shaped like a beetle.

Adjective

coleopteroid

  1. Shaped like a beetle.
    • The seeds of many of the Euphorbiaceae are coleopteroid.

Noun

coleopteroid (plural coleopteroids)

  1. A beetle-shaped insect.

Forms of coleopteroid

pluralcoleopteroids

Origin of coleopteroid

Coleoptera + -oid

Questions about coleopteroid

What does coleopteroid mean?
Coleopteroid means shaped like a beetle.
What part of speech is coleopteroid?
Coleopteroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near coleopteroid in the dictionary

  1. coleoptericin
  2. coleoptericins
  3. coleopteriform
  4. coleopterist
  5. coleopterists
  6. coleopteroid
  7. coleopteroids
  8. coleopterological
  9. coleopterologist
  10. coleopterologists
  11. coleopterology

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