Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dendroctonus rufipennis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: den-droc-tonus ru-fipen-nis
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree

Example Sentences

"the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"

Synonyms

spruce bark beetle

Questions

What does dendroctonus rufipennis mean?: small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree

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