Definition of Spruce bark beetle

1. Noun. Small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree. "The spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"

Exact synonyms: Dendroctonus Rufipennis
Group relationships: Dendroctonus, Genus Dendroctonus
Generic synonyms: Bark Beetle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spruce Bark Beetle

sprout
sprouted
sprouting
sprouting
sprouts
spruce
spruce
spruced
spruced up
sprucely
spruceness
sprucenesses
sprucer
spruces
sprucest
spruce bark beetle (current term)
spruce beer
spruce gall aphid
spruce grouse
spruce pine
spruce squirrel
spruce up
sprucier
spruciest
sprucing
sprucy
sprue
sprue
sprue-former
sprues

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