"coleopteran" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coleopterans [plural]
Etymology: Coleoptera + -an Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Coleoptera|order}} Coleoptera, {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} coleopteran (plural coleopterans)
  1. (coleopterology) Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies Categories (lifeform): Beetles Translations (scientific term for anything in the taxon Coleoptera): koleoptero (Ido), 鞘翅類 (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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