SCOLYTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scolytus mean? 

• SCOLYTUS (noun)
  The noun SCOLYTUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles

  Familiarity information: SCOLYTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOLYTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scolytus; Scolytus

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)