bark beetle

2 definitions found

bark beetle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bark beetle \Bark" bee`tle\ (Zool.)
     A small beetle of many species (family Scolytid[ae]), which
     in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees,
     often doing great damage.
     [1913 Webster]

bark beetle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bark beetle
      n 1: small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of
           trees; related to weevils