Agriotes
noun
Agri·o·tes
ə-ˈgrī-ə-ˌtēz
: a large cosmopolitan genus of beetles (family Elateridae) including several with larvae that are serious pests of the roots of crop plants compare wireworm
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek agriotēs wildness, from agrios wild
First Known Use
1837, in the meaning defined above