Cōl-e-öp'ter-al or Cōl-e-öp'ter-oŭs, a.

a. [Gr. κολεόπτερος, sheath-winged, from κολεός, or κολεόν, sheath, and πτερόν, wing, from πέτομαι, πέσθαι, to fly.] Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the coleoptera.