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SCOLYTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
Synonyms:
genus Scolytus; Scolytus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scolytus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Scolytus"):
Dutch-elm beetle; Scolytus multistriatus (a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease)
Holonyms ("Scolytus" is a member of...):
family Ipidae; family Scolytidae; Ipidae; Scolytidae (large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees)
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