HyperDic: dutch-elm_beetle

English > 1 sense of the expression Dutch-elm beetle:
NOUNanimalDutch-elm beetle, Scolytus multistriatusa vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease
English > Dutch-elm beetle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease.
SynonymScolytus multistriatus
Member ofScolytus, genus Scolytustype genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
Broaderbark beetlesmall beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees

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