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Definition of Coleopterans
1. coleopteran [n] - See also: coleopteran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coleopterans
Literary usage of Coleopterans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario, Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871) (1883)
"... little coleopterans. But, as is often the way with criminals, these defendants
were not ready for their trial, and so, having not been bound over to ..."
2. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1855)
"... the beetles or coleopterans amount to 2000 or 3000, while the known animals
amount to a quarter, and counting the fossil, to half a million of species ..."