coleopteran

As nouns the difference between terms and coleopteran

is that terms is while coleopteran is any insect of the order coleoptera ; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.

As a noun coleopteran

is any insect of the order coleoptera ; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.

As an adjective coleopteral is

(zoology) having wings covered with a case or sheath; coleopterous.

As nouns the difference between weevil and coleopteran

is that weevil is any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily curculionoidea many of them have a distinctive snout while coleopteran is any insect of the order coleoptera ; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.

As nouns the difference between beetle and coleopteran

is that beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc while coleopteran is any insect of the order coleoptera ; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.

As a verb beetle

is to move away quickly, to scurry away or beetle can be to loom over; to extend or jut or beetle can be to beat with a heavy mallet.

As an adjective beetle

is protruding, jutting, overhanging (as in beetle brows ).

As a noun coleopteran is

any insect of the order coleoptera ; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.

As nouns the difference between insect and coleopteran

is that insect is an arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while coleopteran is any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies.