[see next, and cf. F. coleoptère coleopterous insect.] A member of the Coleoptera: see next.
1860. Russell, Diary India (1863), I. 340. Flies and coleopters buzzed through the open windows, and flopped among the glasses.
1864. Social Sc. Rev., I. 367. A large coleopter … described as belonging to the genus Lamia.
