coleopter

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noun

One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.

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Meanings

nouncoleopter (plural coleopters)

plural coleopters

  1. biologyOne of the Coleoptera; a beetle.
  2. A type of VTOL aircraft which uses a ducted fan as the primary fuselage of the entire aircraft.

    But the coleopter, with its tubular wing, belongs in a class by itself.

    1955 May, “Why You May Fly in a Barrel”, in Popular Science, volume 166, number 5, page 100
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APA

coleopter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleopter

MLA

“coleopter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleopter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coleopter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleopter.

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