(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:37

Scol"y*tid (?), n. [Gr. to cut short.] Zool.

Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.

 

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