Dendroctonus

noun
Den·​droc·​to·​nus | \ -ˈdräktənəs\

Definition of Dendroctonus

: a genus of small bark beetles that are especially destructive to mature coniferous trees and that have a large prothorax, short clubbed elbowed antennae, serrated tibiae, and spiny elytra

History and Etymology for Dendroctonus

New Latin, from dendr- + Greek ktonos murder; from their destructiveness

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