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COLEOPTERA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coleoptera mean? 

COLEOPTERA (noun)
  The noun COLEOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. beetles

  Familiarity information: COLEOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLEOPTERA (noun)


Sense 1Coleoptera [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera

Hypernyms ("Coleoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Coleoptera"):

Dytiscidae; family Dytiscidae (water beetles)

family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)

Anobiidae; family Anobiidae (deathwatch beetles)

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)

family Meloidae; Meloidae (blister beetles)

family Ipidae; family Scolytidae; Ipidae; Scolytidae (large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees)

family Staphylinidae; Staphylinidae (rove beetles)

family Tenebrionidae; Tenebrionidae (a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms)

Elateridae; family Elateridae (click beetles and certain fireflies)

Lamellicornia; superfamily Lamellicornia (scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles)

Cleridae; family Cleridae (beetles that prey on other insects)

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Cicindelidae; family Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)

Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)

Carabidae; family Carabidae (ground beetles)

family Lampyridae; Lampyridae (fireflies)

Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)

Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)

Dermestidae; family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)

Bruchidae; family Bruchidae (seed beetles)

Holonyms ("Coleoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)


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