Scolytid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scolytid \Scol"y*tid\, n. [Gr. skoly`ptein to cut short.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of
     the genus {Scolytus} and allied genera. Also used
     adjectively.
     [1913 Webster]