BLACK HILLS BEETLE


Meaning of BLACK HILLS BEETLE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized B&H

Etymology: from Black Hills, mountains in So. Dak. and Wyo.

: a bark beetle ( Dendroctonus ponderosae ) of the Rocky mountain area that feeds chiefly on mature ponderosa pine destroying the cambium and causing the death of great numbers of valuable timber trees

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