| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Dendroctonus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1909. (references) |
Common Expressions: Dendroctonus
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Dendroctonus rufipennis | Small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Genus Dendroctonus | Genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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