HyperDic: dendroctonus

English > 1 sense of the word Dendroctonus:
NOUNanimalDendroctonus, genus Dendroctonusgenus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers
English > Dendroctonus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggenus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers.
Synonymgenus Dendroctonus
Member ofScolytidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidaelarge family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles
Membersspruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennissmall beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishdendroctonus, genus dendroctonus
Catalandendroctonus, genus dendroctonus

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