buprestid

bu·pres·tid

any of a family (Buprestidae) of beetles with a long, flat, metallic-colored body: the larvae are harmful to woody plants

Origin of buprestid

from Modern Latin from Classical Latin buprestis from Classical Greek boupr?stis, poisonous beetle which when eaten with fodder caused cattle to swell up and die from bous, ox, cow + pr?thein, to swell up

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buprestid

noun

Any of various often colorful, metallic beetles of the family Buprestidae, many of which are destructive wood borers as larvae.

Origin of buprestid

From New Latin Būprēstidae family name from Būprēstis type genus from Latin būprēstis beetle harmful to cattle from Greek bouprēstis bous ox ; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots. prēthein to swell up

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Noun

(plural buprestids)

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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