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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large and wide-spread genus of bark-beetles, of the family Scolytidæ, having the antennal club large and oval or rounded, the declivity of the elytra deeply concave with acute margin and usually strong teeth, and the tibiæ coarsely serrate.

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