COLEOPTER, TERA, noun The coleopters, in Linnes system of entomology, are an order of insects, having crustaceous elytra or shells, which shut and form a longitudinal suture along the back, as the beetle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.