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71coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils …
72branch and twig borer — ▪ insect also called false powder post borers any of approximately 700 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that live in dry wood or under tree bark. Branch and twig borers range in size from 3 to 20 mm (0.1 to 0.8 inch). However, the… …
73Cryptocarya glaucescens — Jackwood by the Hacking River, Royal National Park, Australia Scientific classification Kingdom …
74dry-rot — n. Sap rot, powder post …
75Cryptotermes brevis — noun extremely destructive dry wood termite of warm regions • Syn: ↑powder post termite • Hypernyms: ↑dry wood termite • Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptotermes, ↑genus Cryptotermes …
76dry-wood termite — noun any of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil • Hypernyms: ↑termite, ↑white ant • Hyponyms: ↑powder post termite, ↑Cryptotermes brevis * * * noun : any of various termites ( …
77genus Cryptotermes — noun genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes • Syn: ↑Cryptotermes • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Kalotermitidae, ↑family Kalotermitidae …
78anobium — əˈnōbēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from ano (I) + bium : a genus (the type of the family Anobiidae) of small beetles including a number of forms that bore in dry wood compare furniture beetle …
79bamboo borer — noun : bamboo powder post beetle …
80furniture beetle — noun also furniture borer : a small borer beetle (Anobium punctatum) resembling a powder post beetle but having the head bent under the thorax and feeding on both sapwood and heartwood of seasoned timber; broadly : a beetle of the family… …
