- fruit bark beetle
- noun
: short-hole borer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fruit bark beetle
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peach bark beetle — noun : a scolytid beetle (Phloeotribus liminaris) the larvae of which feed on the inner bark of cherry and other stone fruit trees * * * a bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris, that feeds on and nests in peach and other drupaceous trees … Useful english dictionary
pear bark beetle — noun : a small beetle (Scolytus rugulosus) whose larva bores under the bark of the pear and other fruit trees (as the peach, plum, apple) … Useful english dictionary
fruit-tree bark beetle — noun : shot hole borer … Useful english dictionary
Date stone beetle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda … Wikipedia
long-horned beetle — /lawng hawrnd , long / any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees. Also called longhorn. [1830 40] * * * ▪ insect also … Universalium
Tree beetle — Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[ o], tre[ o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr[ a], tr[ a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elephant beetle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… … Universalium
Elephant beetle — Elephant El e*phant ([e^]l [ e]*fant), n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. [ e]l[ e]phant, L. elephantus, elephas, antis, fr. Gr. ele fas, ele fantos; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Locust beetle — Longicornia Lon gi*cor ni*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + cornu horn.] (Zo[ o]l.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antenn[ae] are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
