NOUN | animal | Dendroctonus rufipennis, spruce bark beetle | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree |
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Meaning | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree. | |
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Synonym | spruce bark beetle | |
Member of | Dendroctonus, genus Dendroctonus | genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers |
Broader | bark beetle | small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees |
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