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coleoptera (n.)
1763, from Modern Latin, from Greek
koleopteros
, literally "sheath-wing," used by Aristotle to describe beetles, from
koleos
"sheath" (see
cell
) +
pteron
"wing" (see
pterodactyl
). Related:
Coleopterous
.