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Pentamera

Pentamera \Pen*tam"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Pentamerous.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.

Usage examples of "pentamera".

I collected three beetles for you, of which all I can say is that they belong to the pentamera and that I am astonished that even such meagre, attenuated creatures could scrape a living from the desolation we travelled over.