buprestisn.

/b(j)uːˈprɛstɪs/

Etymology: < Latin buprestis, < Greek βούπρηστις, lit. ‘ox-burner’.

1. An unidentified insect of the ancients, very harmful to cattle; ‘perhaps of the genus Mylabris’ (Kirby and Spence).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > harmful to cows

buprestisa1398

long leg1585

felter1607

burn-cow1658

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xiii. 1150 Þis burestes liþ among herbes and grasse þat þe oxe loueþ and huydeþ him þerinne. And þe oxe..swoloweþ þis beste... And whanne þis burestis is yswolowed he chaufeþ sodeinliche þe lyuere of þe oxe and makeþ him breke with gret peyne and sorwe.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 377 There is a kind of insect or flie called Buprestis..kine and oxen catch much harme by this flie.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1001 I have seen about Heidelberg two Buprestes like Scarabees.]

2. Zoology. A genus of beetles, natives of the tropics, remarkable for brilliant colouring. Hence the family Buprestidæ, rarely anglicized as buˈprestidans n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Buprestidae > collective

buprestidans1835

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xx. 364 The most splendid and brilliant of the whole Order, the Buprestidans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	buprestis
释义	buprestisn. /b(j)uːˈprɛstɪs/ Etymology: < Latin buprestis, < Greek βούπρηστις, lit. ‘ox-burner’. 1. An unidentified insect of the ancients, very harmful to cattle; ‘perhaps of the genus Mylabris’ (Kirby and Spence). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > harmful to cows buprestisa1398 long leg1585 felter1607 burn-cow1658 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xiii. 1150 Þis burestes liþ among herbes and grasse þat þe oxe loueþ and huydeþ him þerinne. And þe oxe..swoloweþ þis beste... And whanne þis burestis is yswolowed he chaufeþ sodeinliche þe lyuere of þe oxe and makeþ him breke with gret peyne and sorwe. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 377 There is a kind of insect or flie called Buprestis..kine and oxen catch much harme by this flie. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1001 I have seen about Heidelberg two Buprestes like Scarabees.] 2. Zoology. A genus of beetles, natives of the tropics, remarkable for brilliant colouring. Hence the family Buprestidæ, rarely anglicized as buˈprestidans n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Buprestidae > collective buprestidans1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xx. 364 The most splendid and brilliant of the whole Order, the Buprestidans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1398
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