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elm' bark" bee"tle
1. Also called
smaller European elm bark beetle. a shiny, dark reddish-brown bark beetle,
Scolytus multistriatus, originating in Europe and now widespread in the U.S.: the primary vector of Dutch elm disease.
2. Also called
native elm bark beetle. a bark beetle,
Hylurgopinus opaculus, of eastern North America, that also transmits Dutch elm disease.
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