Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Meloe (Page: 910)

Mel"o*e (?), [ NL., fr. Gr. to probe a wound.] (Zoöl.) 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. [911]


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