dutch-elm beetle

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1. a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bark beetle,
definition	:	small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus scolytus, scolytus,
definition	:	type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles (noun.animal)