Ambrosia beetle

Noun

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Definitions

1.NounAny of those species of true weevils (family Curculionidae) that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi, including almost all of the species of the subfamily Platypodinae and some of the species of bark beetles in Scolytinae.

Synonyms

weevil fungus weevil bean weevil platypodid wevil snout beetle superworm rove beetle flower weevil fungus beetle broad-nosed weevil ground beetle

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