METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLE

Meaning of METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLE in English

any of numerous metallic green, blue, copper, or black beetles of the family Buprestidae, the larvae of which bore into the wood of trees.

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METALLIC WOOD-BORING BEETLE — also called Jewel Beetle, any member of the family Buprestidae (order Coleoptera), among the most brilliantly coloured insects. Most of …
Britannica English vocabulary
METALLIC — adj metallic; reserva metallic [Fin.] bullion reserve
Interlingua English vocab
METALLIC — sa metal
English-Visayan vocabulary
METALLIC — adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or being a metal, made of or containing a metal, having properties …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WOOD — I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium . It is the …
Английский словарь Британика
BEETLE — I Any of at least 250,000 species of insects constituting the order Coleoptera (the largest order in the animal kingdom), …
Английский словарь Британика
WOOD — I. ˈwüd, ˈwōd, ˈwu̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English wod, from Old English wōd mad — more at vatic 1. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METALLIC — I. adjective also me·tal·ic mə̇ˈtalik, -lēk Etymology: French or Latin; French métallique, from Latin metallicus, from Greek metallikos metallic, of …
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BORING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English boringe, from boren to bore + -inge, -ing -ing, from Old English …
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BEETLE — I. ˈbēd. ə l, -ēt ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bityl, betylle, from Old English bitula, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METALLIC — (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal …
Английский словарь Webster
METALLIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic …
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BORING — (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.
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BORING — (n.) A hole made by boring.
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BORING — (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of …
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BEETLE — (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton …
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METALLIC — ( a. ) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
METALLIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; …
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BORING — ( n. ) The chips or fragments made by boring.
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BORING — ( n. ) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the …
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BORING — ( n. ) A hole made by boring.
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BEETLE — ( v. t. ) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to …
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WOOD — wood 1 — woodless , adj. /wood/ , n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METALLIC — — metallically , adv. — metallicity /met'l is"i tee/ , metalleity /met'l ee"i tee/ , n. /meuh tal"ik/ , adj. …
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BORING — boring 1 /bawr"ing, bohr"-/ , n. 1. Mach. a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. b. …
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BEETLE — beetle 1 /beet"l/ , n. , v. , beetled, beetling . n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
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METALLIC — adj. of or consisting of metal; similar to metal; containing or yielding metal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — v. go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a …
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BEETLE — I. ˈbē-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English betylle, from Old English bitula; akin to bītan to bite Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METALLIC — adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. : of, relating to, or being a metal b. : made of or containing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BORING — adjective Date: 1785 : causing boredom : tiresome a boring lecture • bor·ing·ly -iŋ-lē adverb • bor·ing·ness noun
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WOOD — vi to take or get a supply of wood. 2. wood ·noun trees cut or sawed for the fire or …
Webster English vocab
METALLIC — adj of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic …
Webster English vocab
BORING — noun a hole made by boring. 2. boring ·noun the chips or fragments made by boring. 3. boring ·p.pr. & …
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BEETLE — vt to beat with a heavy mallet. 2. beetle ·vt a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
METALLIC — ■ adjective relating to or resembling metal. ↘(of sound) sharp and ringing. ↘having the sheen or lustre of metal. ■ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WOOD — [wood] adj [ME, fr. OE wod insane; akin to OHG wuot madness--more at vatic] (bef. 12c) archaic: violently mad [2]wood …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
METALLIC — [me.tal.lic] adj (15c) 1 a: of, relating to, or being a metal b: made of or containing a metal c: …
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BEETLE — [bee.tle] n [ME betylle, fr. OE bitula; akin to bitan to bite] (bef. 12c) 1: any of an order (Coleoptera) …
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WOOD — hard, fibrous substance, technically known as xylem, that is the principal strengthening and water-conducting tissue found in the stems and …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEETLE — (order Coleoptera), any of at least 250,000 species of insects (the largest order in the animal kingdom), principally characterized by …
Britannica English vocabulary
METALLIC — metallic BrE AmE me ˈtæl ɪk mə-, mɪ- ▷ metallic|ally ə l‿i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WOOD — / wʊd; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the hard material that the trunk and branches of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METALLIC — / məˈtælɪk; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. that looks, tastes or sounds like metal : metallic …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BORING — / ˈbɔːrɪŋ; NAmE / adjective not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient : a boring man a boring job …
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BEETLE — / ˈbiːtl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. an insect, often large and black, with a hard case …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOOD — wood S2 W2 /wʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ wooded , ↑ wooden , ↑ woody …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
METALLIC — me ‧ tal ‧ lic /məˈtælɪk, mɪˈtælɪk/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . a metallic noise sounds like pieces of metal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BORING — bor ‧ ing S2 /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ bore , ↑ boredom ; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOOD
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEETLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOOD
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOOD
Oxford English vocab
BEETLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases …
Oxford English vocab
WOOD — ( woods) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Wood is the material …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METALLIC — 1. A metallic sound is like the sound of one piece of metal hitting another. There was a metallic click …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BORING — Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient. Not only are mothers …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METALLIC — 1. A ~ sound is like the sound of one piece of metal hitting another. There was a ~ click …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WOOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coal/wood/log fire ▪ There was a coal fire in the sitting room. dead wood …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
METALLIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a metallic click (= like something made of metal ) ▪ She strapped herself in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BORING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ I suppose it's really just like factory work - just as boring …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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