- Scolytus
- nountype genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles• Syn: ↑genus Scolytus• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Scolytidae, ↑family Scolytidae, ↑Ipidae, ↑family Ipidae• Member Meronyms: ↑Dutch-elm beetle, ↑Scolytus multistriatus
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\\-ləd.əs\ nounUsage: capitalizedEtymology: 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* * *
Scolytus /skolˈi-təs/nounThe typical genus of Scolytidae /-itˈi-dē/, a family of bark-beetlesORIGIN: Gr skolyptein to strip• • •scolˈytid nounA member of the Scolytidae (also adjective)scolˈytoid adjective and noun
Useful english dictionary. 2012.