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Tetramera

Tetramera \Te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Tetramerous.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.

Usage examples of "tetramera".

He knows far more about beetles than I do, and it appears that the Cape Verdes rejoice in a wonderful variety of tetramerae, forbidding though they may appear to a shallow, superficial mind.