Scolytoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scolytoid is an adjective meaning (zoology) Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
Meaning
(zoology) Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A beetle of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.
Example Sentences
When suitable conditions for the cultivation of ambrosial fungi appear, the better-known 'pin-hole' borers (scolytoids) tunnel the wood.
Word Forms
- scolytoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scolopendrine, sciuroid, scarabaeoid, sclerotial, elytroid, scorpioidal.
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