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dendroctonus rufipennis meaning and definition
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Definition of Dendroctonus rufipennis (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: spruce bark beetle
Source: Princeton University Wordnet