fig-eater

Meaning

Noun

• A large beetle (Cotinis nitida (species)) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.
• A beetle (Cotinis mutabilis (species)) which ranges from central Texas across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
• A bird (Sylvia hortensis) that feeds on figs and grapes, and that people eat as a delicacy.

Origin

• fig + eater