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meloe


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meloe  \Mel"o*e\,  [  NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  to  probe  a  wound.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  beetles  without  wings,  but  having  short  oval 
  elytra;  the  oil  beetles.  These  beetles  are  sometimes  used 
  instead  of  cantharides  for  raising  blisters.  See  {Oil 
  beetle},  under  {Oil}.