European elm bark beetle

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• smaller European elm bark beetle — noun Date: circa 1945 elm bark beetle b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• smaller European elm bark beetle. — See elm bark beetle (def. 1). [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

• smaller european elm bark beetle — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st E : elm bark beetle b …   Useful english dictionary

• smaller European elm bark beetle. — See elm bark beetle (def. 1). [1940 45] …   Useful english dictionary

• elm bark beetle — noun : either of two beetles that are vectors of the fungus which causes Dutch elm disease: a. : a native beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes) of eastern No. America b. : a smaller European beetle (Scolytus multistriatus) that has become established in… …   Useful english dictionary

• elm bark beetle — 1. Also called smaller European elm bark beetle. a shiny, dark reddish brown bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus, originating in Europe and now widespread in the U.S.: the primary vector of Dutch elm disease. 2. Also called native elm bark beetle …   Universalium

• elm bark beetle — elm′ bark bee tle n. 1) ent a shiny, dark reddish brown European bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus, now widespread in the U.S.: the primary vector of Dutch elm disease 2) ent a bark beetle, Hylurgopinus opaculus, of E North America, that also… …   From formal English to slang

• Bark beetle — The unrelated sawyer beetles (Monochamus) and some other wood boring beetle taxa (especially Cucujoidea) are sometimes called bark beetles too. Bark beetles Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae …   Wikipedia

• Elm — dablink|For other senses of this word, see Elm (disambiguation).Taxobox name = Elm image width = 240px image caption = Mature Slippery Elm regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Ulmaceae genus =… …   Wikipedia

• Dutch elm disease — Branch death, or flagging, at multiple locations in the crown of a diseased elm Dutch elm disease (DED) is a disease caused by a member of the sac fungi category, affecting elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be …   Wikipedia

• Dutch elm disease — a disease of elms characterized by wilting, yellowing, and falling of the leaves and caused by a fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, transmitted by bark beetles. [1920 25] * * * Widespread disease that kills elms, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi …   Universalium