spruce bark beetle

/sprus bɑrk ˌbidl/
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Definitions of spruce bark beetle
  1. noun
    small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
    “the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests”
    synonyms: Dendroctonus rufipennis
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    type of:
    bark beetle
    small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
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