| 单词 | powder-post beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspowder-post beetle powder-post beetle n. any of various small brown beetles whose larvae bore tunnels in seasoned timber, reducing it to powder, esp. those of the genus Lyctus or the family Lyctidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Lyctidae (powder-post beetle) powder-post beetle1904 lyctus1917 1904 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 10 Mar. 3/3 The powder-post beetle has an enormous appetite, and seemingly unlimited capacity for the various well-seasoned woods used in building. 1928 Forestry 2 42 The sapwood..has been reduced to a finely powdered, floury condition—the characteristic damage that gives the name of ‘powder-post beetles’ to the Lyctus species. 1995 Mother Earth News Dec. 33/4 Nature devised bark beetles and powder-post beetles to grind cellulose small enough that molds and bacteria can consume it. < as lemmas |
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