Agriotes

noun

Agri·​o·​tes

ə-ˈgrī-ə-ˌtēz

: a large cosmopolitan genus of beetles (family Elateridae) including several with larvae that are serious pests of the roots of crop plants compare wireworm

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek agriotēs wildness, from agrios wild

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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