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Bark Beetle

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Noun

1. bark beetle

small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils

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Bark Beetle

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noun
any small beetle of the family Scolytidae, which bore tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, causing great damage. They are closely related to the weevils

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Bark Beetle

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any of a number of small weevils (family Curculionidae), the larvae and adults of which burrow under the bark of trees, esp. conifers, and feed on the inner bark, sometimes causing extensive damage

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Bark Beetle

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n.
Any of various small beetles of the subfamily Scolytinae that chew tunnels in the surface wood directly beneath the bark of trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.

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