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scolytoid

adjective
scol·y·toid | \ ˈskäləˌtȯid \

Definition of scolytoid 

1 : resembling or related to the family Scolytidae

2 : being or passing through the stage next before the pupa in hypermetamorphic beetles of the family Meloidae

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