spruce bark beetle

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Definition of spruce bark beetle in English English dictionary

small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambrium which eventually kills the tree; "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests

Hyphenation

spruce bark bee·tle

Turkish pronunciation

sprus bärk bitıl

Pronunciation

/ˈspro͞os ˈbärk ˈbētəl/ /ˈspruːs ˈbɑːrk ˈbiːtəl/