noun
Origin: < ModL Coleoptera (< Gr koleopteros, sheath-winged < koleos, sheath + pteron, wing: see feather) + -an
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noun
Origin:
Origin: From New Latin Coleoptera, order name
Origin: , from Greek koleopteros, sheath-winged
Origin: : koleon, sheath; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots
Origin: + pteron, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots
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