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‖ meloe Ent.|ˈmɛləʊiː|
[mod.L. Meloē (see quot. 1650), of unknown origin; applied by Linnæus as a generic name.
Paracelsus Op. (1603) III. 220 has (in a prescription) a genitive melloes, which Mouffet interprets as identical with this word. Cf. melolontha.]
The typical genus of the family Meloïdæ; an insect of this genus, an oil-beetle.
[1650J. F. Chym. Dict., Melaones or Meloes are Beetles that fly, and are of a golden colour, and being rubbed make a sweet smell; they are commonly found in Meadows in the moneth of May.] 1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. ii. xvii. 1080 Of the Gloworm, and the female Melo [orig. (1634) De Cicindela, & Meloe Femina]. Ibid., The oyl Beetle or Meloe [orig. (1634) Proscarabeum, sive Meloen]. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 376 Larvæ, which pass through the state of chrysalids in order to attain to that of meloes. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 226 Acrid plants, which the Meloe likewise feeds upon. |