Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Meloe"
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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