COLEOPTERA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 15

(Lat.), n. n. pi. Kol(koal) e2-o2p'te2r-a3. From; icoAeds, a sheath, and n-repdv, a wing. Fr., cole opt eres. Ger.,Kafer, Coleopteren. It., cole otter i. Sp., cole opt eros. Syn.: Eleutherata [Fabric i us]. The beetles; an order of the Insect a, characterized by having hard, thick elytra covering the posterior membranous wings. [A, 385; L, 121.] C. tetramer a. See TETRAMER A. [s. 342]