- engraver beetle.
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See bark beetle.[1895-1900; so called because its boring resembles engraving]
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engraver beetle.
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engraver beetle — noun : any of numerous bark beetles that make furrows often arranged in specific patterns in the wood of trees under the bark; especially : a beetle of Scolytus or a related genus that lives chiefly on young trees compare dendroctonus * * *… … Useful english dictionary
engraver beetle. — See bark beetle. [1895 1900; so called because its boring resembles engraving] … Useful english dictionary
bark beetle — any of numerous small, cylindrical beetles of the family Scolytidae that nest under the bark of hardwood trees, leaving intricate tracings on the wood. Also called ambrosia beetle, engraver beetle. [1860 65] * * * Any member of the beetle family… … Universalium
wood engraver — noun 1. : an engraver on wood; especially : one that makes wood engravings 2. : engraver beetle * * * wood engraver noun 1. A maker of wood engravings 2. Any of certain beetles that make a pattern of furrows in the wood of trees … Useful english dictionary
fir engraver — noun : an engraver beetle (Scolytus ventralis) very destructive to fir trees in western No. America … Useful english dictionary
Bark beetle — The unrelated sawyer beetles (Monochamus) and some other wood boring beetle taxa (especially Cucujoidea) are sometimes called bark beetles too. Bark beetles Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae … Wikipedia
pine engraver — noun : any of several beetles of the genus Ips having larvae that attack pines especially in the western United States; especially : a common destructive beetle (Ips pini) … Useful english dictionary
Ips — Beispiel: Ips typographus, Imago Systematik Ordnung: Käfer (Coleoptera) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ips (Käfer) — Ips Beispiel: Ips typographus, Imago Systematik Ordnung: Käfer (Coleoptera) Unterordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Scolytinae — Escolitinos Dendroctonus pon … Wikipedia Español
