buprestid

[ byoo-pres-tid ]
/ byuˈprɛs tɪd /

noun

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

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 -id2

Words nearby buprestid

bupivacaine, buppie, buppy, buprenorphine, buprenorphine hydrochloride, buprestid, bupropion, buqsha, bur, bur clover, bur cucumber

Example sentences from the Web for buprestid

  • The tribe of weevils is even much more numerous than that of the Elaterid and the Buprestid.

    The Insect World |Louis Figuier

  • Laporte de Castelnau and Gory have described and made drawings of about 1,300 species of Buprestid.

    The Insect World |Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for buprestid

buprestid
/ (bjuːˈprɛstɪd) /

noun

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

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the family Buprestidae

Word Origin for buprestid

C19: from Latin buprestis poisonous beetle, causing the cattle who eat it to swell up, from Greek, from bous ox + prēthein to swell up