| NOUN | animal | genus Dendroctonus, Dendroctonus | genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers |
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| Meaning | genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers. | |
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| Synonym | Dendroctonus | |
| Member of | Scolytidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidae | large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles |
| Members | spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree |
| Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
| Spanish | dendroctonus, genus dendroctonus | |
| Catalan | dendroctonus, genus dendroctonus | |
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