a. (sb.) Entom. Of or pertaining to the Brentides, a family of rhynchophorous beetles containing the genus Brentus, having a remarkable projecting proboscis.
[1836. Penny Cycl., V. 390/2. Brentides … are almost entirely confined to tropical climates.]
1864. Reader, No. 94. 488/3. A curious little Brentid insect.
