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GENUS SCOLYTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scolytus mean?
• GENUS SCOLYTUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SCOLYTUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
Familiarity information: GENUS SCOLYTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scolytus; Scolytus
Hypernyms ("genus Scolytus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scolytus"):
Dutch-elm beetle; Scolytus multistriatus (a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease)
Holonyms ("genus 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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