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Definition of Bark beetle
1. Noun. Small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils.
Group relationships: Family Ipidae, Family Scolytidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae
Specialized synonyms: Dutch-elm Beetle, Scolytus Multistriatus, Dendroctonus Rufipennis, Spruce Bark Beetle
Definition of Bark beetle
1. Noun. any of various beetles, of the subfamily ''Scolytinae'', many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bark beetle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bark Beetle
Literary usage of Bark beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"THE PLUM bark beetle. Scolytus rugulosus, Ratze. Branches of plum trees were
forwarded by a correspondent at Harvington, near Evesham, very badly attacked ..."
2. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"THE FRUIT-TREE BARK-BEETLE Scolytus rugulosus Ratzeburg This European bark-beetle
was first noticed in this country in 1877 in the vicinity of Elmira, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"A small beetle similar to the peach tree bark-beetle. Treatment. ... Remedy.—Poisoned
baits placed about the tree. PEACH TREE BARK-BEETLE ..."
4. Peach-growing by Harris Perley Gould (1918)
"The beetle is slightly less than ^ inch in length, being a very little smaller
than the fruit-tree bark-beetle. In color it is light brown to nearly black. ..."
5. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"FINE-WRITING BARK-BEETLE, ... or the excavated bark-beetle, in allusion to the
tips of its wing covers, in the old Catalogue of Rev. ..."
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