Engelmann spruce beetle

noun

Dendroctonus rufipennis, a North American bark beetle that attacks spruce trees.

Similar
great spruce bark beetle
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounEngelmann spruce beetle (plural Engelmann spruce beetles)

plural Engelmann spruce beetles

  1. Dendroctonus rufipennis, a North American bark beetle that attacks spruce trees.

    Synonyms: great spruce bark beetle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDendroctonus rufipennis, a North American bark beetle that attacks spruce trees.

Similar
great spruce bark beetle
Also see
great spruce bark beetle
Cite this entry
APA

Engelmann spruce beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Engelmann%20spruce%20beetle

MLA

“Engelmann spruce beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Engelmann%20spruce%20beetle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Engelmann spruce beetle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Engelmann%20spruce%20beetle.

Source: Engelmann spruce beetle on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.