Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any beetle of the family Scolytidæ. Also called
bark-beetle .
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Examples
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Now that the storm is over, I mustn't tell you anything more than a few words about the engraver-beetle, which lives between the bark and the live wood of a tree.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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