buprestid

American  

[byoo-pres-tid] / bjuˈprɛs tɪd /

noun

1. any beetle of the family Buprestidae, comprising wood-boring beetles of a metallic luster.

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buprestid British  

/ bjuːˈprɛstɪd /

noun

1. any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae , the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the family Buprestidae

Etymology

Origin of buprestid

1350–1400; Middle English < New Latin Buprestidae name of the family, equivalent to Latin būprēst ( is ) venomous beetle (< Greek boúprēstis, literally ox-sweller) + -idae -id ²