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elm bark beetle

[ elm bahrk beet-l ]

noun

  1. Also called smaller European elm bark beetle. a shiny, dark reddish-brown bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus, originating in Europe and now widespread in the U.S.: the primary vector of Dutch elm disease.
  2. Also called native elm bark beetle. a bark beetle, Hylurgopinus opaculus, of eastern North America, that also transmits Dutch elm disease.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of elm bark beetle1

First recorded in 1905–10

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