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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}.
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