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Word of the Day 11/19/17 Coleopteron

Coleopteron (noun)
coleopteron [koh-lee-op-ter-uh n, kol-ee-]

noun, plural coleoptera [koh-lee-op-ter-uh, kol-ee-]
1. a coleopterous insect; beetle.


Origin: 1755-65; < New Latin < Greek: singular of Coleoptera

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