Bu-prĕs'ti-dan, n.

n. [Lat. buprestis, Gr. βούπρηστις, a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and die; βοῦς, ox, cow, and πρήθειν, to blow up, swell out.] (Entom.) One of a tribe of coleopterous insects, of brilliant metallic colors. Kirby.