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coleopterous

coleopterous adjective: of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.

Adjective

coleopterous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
    • To test the truth of this anticipation I have arranged the plants of twelve countries, and the coleopterous insects of two districts, into two nearly equal masses, the species of the larger genera on one side, and those of the smaller genera on the other side, and it has invariably proved to be the...1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species

Origin of coleopterous

From Coleoptera + -ous.

Questions about coleopterous

What does coleopterous mean?
Coleopterous means of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera.
What part of speech is coleopterous?
Coleopterous is an adjective.

Words near coleopterous in the dictionary

  1. coleopteroids
  2. coleopterological
  3. coleopterologist
  4. coleopterologists
  5. coleopterology
  6. coleopterous
  7. coleopters
  8. coleoptilar
  9. coleoptile
  10. coleoptiles
  11. coleorhiza

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