"powder-post beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: powder-post beetles [plural]
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  1. Any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae. Categories (lifeform): Bostrichiform beetles Synonyms: powderpost beetle Related terms: powder-post termite (alt: Cryptotermes brevis)

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