Home › Words › B › buprestidbuprestidbuprestid means any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.EtymologyFrom translingual Buprestidae.nounAny of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.e.g.“Other species are recognized pests, and various buprestids attack either living or dead trees.” — 2009, T. R. New, Beetles in Conservation, page 189:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buprestidan 84% match — Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours. vs buprestid →bostrichid 65% match — Any beetle of the family Bostrichidae. vs buprestid →borid 64% match — Any beetle of the family Boridae. vs buprestid →byturid 63% match — Any beetle in the family Byturidae. vs buprestid →woodborer 63% match — Any woodboring insect. vs buprestid →cupedid 61% match — Any beetle in the family Cupedidae. vs buprestid →coleopteran 60% match — Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies vs buprestid →biphyllid 60% match — Any beetle of the family Biphyllidae. vs buprestid →