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单词 ambrosia beetle
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ambrosia beetle


noun

bark beetle.

Origin of ambrosia beetle

1895–1900; ambrosia in reference to the beetles' food, a coating formed by a fungus which they cultivate

Words nearby ambrosia beetle

ambrettolide, ambroid, Ambrose, Ambrose Channel, ambrosia, ambrosia beetle, ambrosial, Ambrosian, Ambrosian chant, ambrotype, ambry
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British Dictionary definitions for ambrosia beetle

ambrosia beetle

noun

any of various small beetles of the genera Anisandrus, Xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family Scolytidae (bark beetles)
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