ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anoplophora glabripennis mean? 

• ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS (noun)
  The noun ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS has 1 sense:

1. a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States

  Familiarity information: ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOPLOPHORA GLABRIPENNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anoplophora glabripennis; Asian longhorned beetle

Hypernyms ("Anoplophora glabripennis" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)