Scolytidae

plural noun

Sco·​lyt·​i·​dae

-təˌdē

: a large family of bark-boring or wood-boring rhynchophorous beetles having a very short beak and clubbed antennae and being small but very destructive to forest trees and fruit trees see bark beetle

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Scolytus, type genus + -idae

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