SCOLYTUS


Meaning of SCOLYTUS in English

-ləd.əs noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek skolyptein to cut short; akin to Greek kolos docked, hornless — more at halt (lame)

: the type genus of Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles of which some are destructive to economically important plants and one ( S. multistriatus ) is a vector of the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease

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