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Col"or*a*ble (?), a. Specious;
plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
"Colorable pretense for infidelity." 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.

Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (?). (Zoöl.) 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.

Col`o*ra"do group (?). (Geol.) A
subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America,
especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri
region.

Col`o*ra"do*ite (?), n.
(Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic
mineral, found in Colorado.

Col"or*ate (?), a. [L.
coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.]
Colored. [Obs.] Ray.

Col`or*a"tion (?), n.


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