SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scolytus multistriatus mean? 

• SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS (noun)
  The noun SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS has 1 sense:

1. a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease

  Familiarity information: SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOLYTUS MULTISTRIATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dutch-elm beetle; Scolytus multistriatus

Hypernyms ("Scolytus multistriatus" is a kind of...):

bark beetle (small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils)

Holonyms ("Scolytus multistriatus" is a member of...):

genus Scolytus; Scolytus (type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles)