Buprestid definition
Any of various often colorful, metallic beetles of the family Buprestidae, many of which are destructive wood borers as larvae.
noun
Any of a family (Buprestidae) of beetles with a long, flat, metallic-colored body: the larvae are harmful to woody plants.
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Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
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Noun
Singular:
buprestid
Plural:
buprestidsOrigin of buprestid
- From New Latin Būprēstidae family name from Būprēstis type genus from Latin būprēstis beetle harmful to cattle from Greek bouprēstis bous ox gwou- in Indo-European roots prēthein to swell up
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition