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spruce beetle

noun

  1. a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.

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The eastern spruce beetle has destroyed countless feet of spruce.

The Engelmann spruce beetle has devastated many forests of the Rocky Mountains.

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