"buprestidan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: buprestidans [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|buprestis}} Latin buprestis, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-noun}} buprestidan (plural buprestidans)
  1. (zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours. Tags: dated, in-plural Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Beetles

Inflected forms

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