genus dendroctonus

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   genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers

   SynonymsDendroctonus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofScolytidae

Questions about genus dendroctonus

What does genus dendroctonus mean?

genus dendroctonus means "genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers".

What is another word for genus dendroctonus?

Close synonyms include Dendroctonus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus dendroctonus a common word?

genus dendroctonus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.