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buprestidan

buprestidan noun: any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.

Noun

buprestidan (plural buprestidans)

  1. (dated, in plural) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.

Forms of buprestidan

pluralbuprestidans

Origin of buprestidan

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.

Questions about buprestidan

What does buprestidan mean?
Buprestidan means any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
What part of speech is buprestidan?
Buprestidan is a noun.
What is the plural of buprestidan?
The plural of buprestidan is buprestidans.

Words near buprestidan in the dictionary

  1. buprenorphin
  2. buprenorphine
  3. buprenorphinum
  4. buprenorphrine
  5. buprestid
  6. buprestidan
  7. buprestidans
  8. buprestids
  9. buprinex
  10. buprofezin
  11. bupropion

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