- ambrosia fungus
- noun
also ambrosial fungus
: a fungus upon which ambrosia beetles feed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ambrosia fungus
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ambrosia beetle — noun Etymology: ambrosia (fungus) : any of certain small semisocial beetles (family Ipidae or Scolytidae) that bore deeply in dead or dying wood and tend and cultivate ambrosia fungus on which they feed and raise their larvae … Useful english dictionary
Ambrosia beetle — Taxobox name = Ambrosia beetles image caption= Examples of Xyleborina. From top left: Amasa sp., Eccoptopterus spinosus, Sampsonius sp., Xylosandrus ursa, Streptocranus fragilis. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo =… … Wikipedia
Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) … Wikipedia
ambrosia beetle. — See bark beetle. [1895 1900; ambrosia in reference to the beetles food, a coating formed by a fungus which they cultivate] * * * … Universalium
ambrosia beetle — noun a small dark wood boring beetle which feeds on ambrosia produced by a fungus in the wood. [Xyleborus and other genera.] … English new terms dictionary
ambrosia beetle. — See bark beetle. [1895 1900; ambrosia in reference to the beetles food, a coating formed by a fungus which they cultivate] … Useful english dictionary
ambrosia — n. [Gr. ambrotos, immortal] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Fungi cultures cultivated by scolytid beetles to feed their larvae; sometimes used to designate that part of the fungus that grows out into the burrows and is eaten by the beetles; see bee bread,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
fungus garden — Fungi cultivated within the nest of higher termites or fungus ants for use as food; see ambrosia, beebread … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
fungus garden — noun : a growth of fungus in the nests of various ants and beetles that is tended and used by them for food compare ambrosia beetle, bromatium … Useful english dictionary
ambrosia beetle — noun Date: circa 1900 any of various small wood boring beetles (family Scolytidae) that cultivate a fungus on which they feed and raise their larvae … New Collegiate Dictionary
