Etymology

buprestid

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Today it means: Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured. Full definition →

translingual Buprestidae
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  1. translingual · derived fromBuprestidae
  2. English todaybuprestid

From translingual Buprestidae.

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