Buprestid

Word BUPRESTID
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What do we mean by buprestid?

Any of various often colorful, metallic beetles of the family Buprestidae, many of which are destructive wood borers as larvae. noun

Of or pertaining to the Buprestidæ.

A member of the Buprestidæ. noun

Any of several beetles, of the family Buprestidae, that are destructive wood borers in the larval stage noun

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The word "buprestid" in example sentences

The buprestid beetle (Julodisy sp.) defoliated over 50% of a plantation in Rajasthan. ❋ Unknown (1990)

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. ❋ Matt Ford (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We have plenty of buprestid beetles in the woods of North America, one of which happens to be the emerald ash borer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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