BOSTRYCHIDAE


Meaning of BOSTRYCHIDAE in English

bäˈstrikəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bostrychus, type genus (from Greek bostrychos curl — or, a winged insect) + -idae

: a family of small cylindrical beetles having a hoodlike thorax and boring both as larvae and adults in wood, stored products, and lead cables

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