Agrilus

noun

Ag·​ri·​lus

ˈa-grə-ləs

: a genus of slender beetles (family Buprestidae) having larvae that bore in or girdle twigs and wood and the stems of semiwoody plants

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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