ipidn.adj.
/ˈɪpɪd//ˈʌɪpɪd/ A. n.
A bark-beetle of the family Ipidæ, which is now included in the Curculionidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Scolytidae > member of genus Ips
ipid1866
1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles xii. 100 The Ipides have a single lobe to the maxillæ.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to a beetle of this type. Cf. scolytid n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > belonging to Rhyncophora > of or relating to member of Scolytidae > of or relating to member of genus Ips
ipid1922
1922 W. M. Wheeler in Sci. Monthly June 523 The females of the Ipid ambrosia beetles carry the fungus in the fore part of the stomach.
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