buprestidan

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noun

Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.

OriginLatin buprestis →
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Meanings

nounbuprestidan (plural buprestidans)

plural buprestidans

  1. datedin pluralbiologyAny of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.

Origin

  1. Latinbuprestis
  2. Englishbuprestidan

Latin buprestis, Ancient Greek a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and die; ox, cow + to blow up, swell out.

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APA

buprestidan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buprestidan

MLA

“buprestidan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buprestidan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buprestidan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buprestidan.

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