bark beetle(n = noun.animal) - small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils;
is a kind of beetle
is a member of family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae
has particulars: dutch-elm beetle, scolytus multistriatus, dendroctonus rufipennis, spruce bark beetle

   A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. [1913 Webster]

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