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buprestidan |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buprestidan \Bu*pres"ti*dan\, n. [L. buprestis Gr ?, 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.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus {Buprestis} and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv[ae] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
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