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COLEOPTERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beetles
Synonyms:
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Coleoptera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Coleoptera"):
Bruchidae; family Bruchidae (seed beetles)
family Tenebrionidae; Tenebrionidae (a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms)
family Staphylinidae; Staphylinidae (rove 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 Meloidae; Meloidae (blister beetles)
Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)
Anobiidae; family Anobiidae (deathwatch beetles)
family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)
Dytiscidae; family Dytiscidae (water beetles)
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)
Dermestidae; family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)
Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
family Lampyridae; Lampyridae (fireflies)
Carabidae; family Carabidae (ground beetles)
Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)
Cicindelidae; family Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)
Holonyms ("Coleoptera" is a member of...):
class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)
