Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
buprestid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
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- noun zoology One of a
tribe ofbeetles , of thegenus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colours, whoselarvae are destructive to trees.
Etymologies
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Latin buprestis, Ancient Greek a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; ox, cow + to blow up, swell out.
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