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    SCOLYTUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetlesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Scolytus; Scolytus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Scolytus" is a kind of...):

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Scolytus"):

    Dutch-elm beetle; Scolytus multistriatus (a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease)

    Holonyms ("Scolytus" is a member of...):

    family Ipidae; family Scolytidae; Ipidae; Scolytidae (large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees)

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