| 单词 | buprestid |
| 释义 | buprestid[ byoo-pres-tid ] / byuˈprɛs tɪd / nounany beetle of the family Buprestidae, comprising wood-boring beetles of a metallic luster. Origin of buprestid1350–1400; 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 buprestidbuppie, Buppy, Buprenex, buprenorphine, buprenorphine hydrochloride, buprestid, bupropion, bupropion hydrochloride, buqsha, bur, Burakumin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buprestid
British Dictionary definitions for buprestidbuprestid / (bjuːˈprɛstɪd) / nounany 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 adjectiveof, relating to, or belonging to the family Buprestidae Word Origin for buprestidC19: from Latin buprestis poisonous beetle, causing the cattle who eat it to swell up, from Greek, from bous ox + prēthein to swell up Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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