Buprestidan

Bu`pres´ti`dan


n.1.(Zool.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.