Definition of Coleopterous

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to beetles of the order ''Coleoptera'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coleopterous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coleopterous

coleocele
coleoid
coleoids
coleopter
coleopteral
coleopteran
coleopterans
coleoptericin
coleopterist
coleopterists
coleopteroid
coleopterologist
coleopterology
coleopterous (current term)
coleopters
coleoptile
coleoptiles
coleoptosis
coleorhiza
coleorhizae
coleotomy
coles
coleseed
coleseeds
coleslaw
coleslaws
colessee
colessees

Literary usage of Coleopterous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the educational division of the South Kensington museum by Victoria and Albert museum, South Kensington Museum (1876)
"Catalogue of coleopterous Insects of Madeira. By TV Wollaston, FLS 8vo. cloth. 3s. 1857. Catalogue of coleopterous Insects of the Canaries. By TV Wollaston. ..."

2. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"Feeds on coleopterous insects, crickets, grasshoppers, and sometimes on the seeds of grasses. FARMERS' BOYS, BY MRS. LB ADAMS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ..."

3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"coleopterous, species novae, by E. Reitter. —On the passage of Pastar rosan (Temm.) through Austria, Hungary, and the neighbouring countries in 1875, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1835)
"Notice regarding the coleopterous Insects collected during a Tour in Sutherland. By JAMES WILSON, FRSE, $c. [The following extract from this memoir will ..."

5. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1881)
"A MEMORANDUM ON THE coleopterous GENUS DAMASTER, WITH NOTES ON SIX SPECIES OR FORMS IN IT. Br GEORGE LEWIS. [Read March 8, 1881. ..."

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