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Coleoptera [‚kō·lē′äp·tə·rə] (invertebrate zoology) The beetles, holometabolous insects making up the largest order of the animal kingdom; general features of the Insecta are found in this group. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I was disappointed in the general aspect of the Coleoptera. The insects in Madeira which are not ground-feeders, and which, as the flower-feeding coleoptera and lepidoptera, must habitually use their wings to gain their subsistence, have, as Mr. Peculiarly rich in the coleoptera and in the lepidoptera, forty-six new species of the one and ninety-four of the other had been secured in the course of a few weeks. |
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