Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various often colorful, metallic beetles of the family Buprestidae, many of which are destructive wood borers as larvae.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Buprestidæ.
- noun A member of the Buprestidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
beetles , of the family Buprestidae, that are destructive wood borers in thelarval stage
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The buprestid beetle (Julodisy sp.) defoliated over 50% of a plantation in Rajasthan.
Chapter 17 1990
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The Ig Nobel in biology went to a team of Australian researchers who discovered that a certain type of male Australian beetle the buprestid beetle would readily mate with a certain type of Australian beer bottle.
Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011
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The Ig Nobel in biology went to a team of Australian researchers who discovered that a certain type of male Australian beetle the buprestid beetle would readily mate with a certain type of Australian beer bottle.
Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011
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Ig Nobels also went to researchers who found that the male buprestid beetle likes to copulate with Australian beer bottles called stubbies, and researchers who showed why discus throwers become dizzy and hammer throwers do not.
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The Ig Nobel in biology went to a team of Australian researchers who discovered that a certain type of male Australian beetle the buprestid beetle would readily mate with a certain type of Australian beer bottle.
Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011
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Ig Nobels also went to researchers who found that the male buprestid beetle likes to copulate with Australian beer bottles called stubbies, and researchers who showed why discus throwers become dizzy and hammer throwers do not.
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We have plenty of buprestid beetles in the woods of North America, one of which happens to be the emerald ash borer.
RutlandHerald.com 2009
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