HyperDic: family_scolytidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Scolytidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Scolytidae, Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidaelarge family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles
English > family Scolytidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest / forest and fruit trees.
SynonymsScolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidae
Member ofColeoptera, order Coleopterabeetles
MembersDendroctonus, genus Dendroctonusgenus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers
Scolytus, genus Scolytustype genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
bark beetlesmall beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods
Spanishescolítidos
Catalanescolítids

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