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SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease
Synonyms:
Dutch-elm beetle; Scolytus multistriatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scolytus multistriatus" is a kind of...):
bark beetle (small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils)
Holonyms ("Scolytus multistriatus" is a member of...):
genus Scolytus; Scolytus (type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles)