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ambrosia beetle

Entries 1 to 10 of 38.
  1. ambrosia beetle (noun)
  2. bark beetle (noun)
  3. 1beetle (noun)
  4. 2beetle (intransitive verb)
  5. 3beetle (noun)
  6. 5beetle (intransitive verb)
  7. blister beetle (noun)
  8. burying beetle (noun)
  9. carpet beetle (noun)
  10. cereal leaf beetle (noun)

Main Entry: ambrosia beetle
Function: 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


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