单词 | buprestid |
释义 | buprestid(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 adjective 2. of, relating to, or belonging to the family Buprestidae Word origin C19: from Latin buprestis poisonous beetle, causing the cattle who eat it to swell up, from Greek, from bous ox + prēthein to swell up |
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