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timber beetle

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Word History and Origins

Origin of timber beetle1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

In 1946, a man chopping wood in Oregon noticed several timber beetle larvae chewing through the logs around him.

From Forbes

Hyphenation and spelling are not uniform throughout this book, e.g., 'sapwood' and 'sap-wood' both occur; 'Columbian Timber-beetle' and 'Columbian timber beetle' occur in the same paragraph.

Work of the Columbian Timber Beetle: Black holes and "grease spots" in white oak.

Work of the Columbian Timber Beetle: "Steamboats" in quartered or Split white oak.

Among the borers which do most injury in destroying valuable timber are the hickory-bark beetle, the bark-boring grubs which kill oak, chestnut, birch and poplar trees, the locust borer, the chestnut timber-worm and the Columbian timber beetle.

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