COLORABLE
Col"or*a*ble, a.
Defn: Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
"Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet.
— Col"or*a*ble*ness, n.
— Col"or*a*bly, adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of
human justice. Hooker.
COLORADO BEETLE
Col`o*ra"do bee"tle. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; — called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
COLORADO GROUP
Col`o*ra"do group. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
COLORADOITE
Col`o*ra"do*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in
Colorado.
COLORATE
Col"or*ate, a. Etym: [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.]
Defn: Colored. [Obs.] Ray.