- smaller European elm bark beetle
- noun Date: circa 1945 elm bark beetle b
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
smaller European elm bark beetle
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smaller European elm bark beetle. — See elm bark beetle (def. 1). [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
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smaller European elm bark beetle. — See elm bark beetle (def. 1). [1940 45] … Useful english dictionary
elm bark beetle — noun : either of two beetles that are vectors of the fungus which causes Dutch elm disease: a. : a native beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes) of eastern No. America b. : a smaller European beetle (Scolytus multistriatus) that has become established in… … Useful english dictionary
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