COLEOPTER | • coleopter n. (Zoology) One of the Coleoptera. • COLEOPTER n. an aircraft that has an annular wing with the fuselage and engine on the centre line. |
COLEOPTERA | • Coleoptera prop.n. A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – beetles. • COLEOPTERON n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERAN. |
COLEOPTERAL | • coleopteral adj. (Zoology) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; coleopterous. • COLEOPTERAL adj. of or like any member of the insect order Coleoptera. |
COLEOPTERAN | • coleopteran n. (Coleopterology) Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies. • COLEOPTERAN n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERON. |
COLEOPTERANS | • coleopterans n. Plural of coleopteran. • COLEOPTERAN n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERON. |
COLEOPTERIST | • coleopterist n. (Entomology) One who studies beetles. • COLEOPTERIST n. one who studies beetles. |
COLEOPTERISTS | • coleopterists n. Plural of coleopterist. • COLEOPTERIST n. one who studies beetles. |
COLEOPTERON | • COLEOPTERON n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERAN. |
COLEOPTERONS | • COLEOPTERON n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERAN. |
COLEOPTEROUS | • coleopterous adj. Of or pertaining to beetles of the order Coleoptera. • COLEOPTEROUS adj. pertaining to beetles and weevils; having hard anterior wings. |
COLEOPTERS | • coleopters n. Plural of coleopter. • COLEOPTER n. an aircraft that has an annular wing with the fuselage and engine on the centre line. |
COLEOPTILE | • coleoptile n. (Botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses. • COLEOPTILE n. the first leaf in grasses and monocotyledons, a protecting plumule. |
COLEOPTILES | • coleoptiles n. Plural of coleoptile. • COLEOPTILE n. the first leaf in grasses and monocotyledons, a protecting plumule. |