Ag·ri·lus
| \ ˈa-grə-ləs \
Definition of Agrilus
: a genus of slender beetles (family Buprestidae) having larvae that bore in or girdle twigs and wood and the stems of semiwoody plants
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The first known use of Agrilus was in 1829
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