scolytoidadj.
/ˈskɒlɪtɔɪd/ Entomology.
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1. Pertaining or resembling the coleopterous family Scolytidæ.
2. spec. A term used by C. V. Riley to denote the sixth and final larval stage of insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis.
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scolytoid1883
1883 C. V. Riley in Amer. Naturalist 17 790 We would propose, therefore, the following arrangement. Triungulin = first larval stage... Scolytoid = sixth larval stage.
1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 272 6[th stage], Scolytoid larva.
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