noun
genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers
• Syn: ↑Dendroctonus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scolytidae, ↑family Scolytidae, ↑Ipidae, ↑family Ipidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑spruce bark beetle, ↑Dendroctonus rufipennis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.