bark beetle
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- noun
- /bɑrk ˈbiːtəl/
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escarabajo de la corteza
- At the end of that time, drought, bark beetles, and fire did the job for them.
- pine bark beetle
- bark beetle infestation
- spruce bark beetle
Examples
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In fact, these treatments increased the overall diversity of vegetation and improved tree health, making the trees more resilient to bark beetle attacks.
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And the fire danger will only grow, as 40 million acres of ghost forests—standing trees killed by an epidemic of bark beetles that metastasize in warmer winters—are ready to burn.
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It's the cause of dry climate and bark beetles And death of the trees and forest.
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Even worse, the spruce bark beetles are eating These trees to death and turning them from green to red.
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The bark beetle carries the worm to its nest, where it will feed its young for up to six months.
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Changes in climate are also expected to increase bark beetle outbreaks (Bentz et al. 2010).
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The pines smelled of hot resin, and some bled yellowish-white sap from bark beetle wounds.
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The pine bark beetle has devastated millions of acres of Western forests.
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Most bark beetles lay eggs under the bark of trees that are already dead or dying.
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From 2000 to 2012, bark beetles killed enough trees to cover the entire state of Colorado.
Synonyms
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8.1
An insect or larva that makes holes in wood and damages trees
A small beetle that lives under tree bark and often damages trees
Small beetles that live under the bark of pine or fir trees and kill grown trees
A small beetle that bores into spruce bark and eats the layer under it, often killing the tree
A small insect that makes holes in the bark of spruce trees and often kills them
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'bark beetle' is directly compositional: a beetle associated with or found in the bark, so a learner who knows 'bark' and 'beetle' can infer it is a type of beetle that lives in or damages bark. This noun–noun compounding is a regular and cross-linguistically common pattern, making the meaning readily derivable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bark beetle is named for where it lives: tiny beetles that crawl under a tree's bark and make tunnels. When many beetles do this, the tunnels stop the tree moving water and food, so they can 'damage' or even 'kill' the tree.