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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A notable genus of bark-boring beetles, of the family Scolytidæ, having the antennal funicle five-jointed, the club subglobose and subannulate, the tarsi with the first three joints subequal and simple, and the tibiæ with the outer edge curved and finely serrate.

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