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Buprestidan

Buprestidan \Bu*pres"ti*dan\, n. [L. buprestis, Gr. ?, a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; ? ox, cow + ? to blow up, swell out.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv[ae] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

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buprestidan

n. (context zoology chiefly in the plural English) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus ''Buprestis'' and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colours, whose larvae are destructive to trees.

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His collection of Buprestidae and Longicorns -- beetles all -- horrible miniature monsters, looking malevolent in death and immobility, and his cabinet of butterflies, beautiful and hovering under the glass of cases on lifeless wings, had spread his fame far over the earth.