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powder-post beetle

powder-post beetle noun: any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.

powder-post beetle: any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae
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Noun

powder-post beetle (plural powder-post beetles)

  1. Any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.

Forms of powder-post beetle

pluralpowder-post beetles
alternative formpowderpost beetle

Questions about powder-post beetle

What does powder-post beetle mean?
Powder-post beetle means any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.
What part of speech is powder-post beetle?
Powder-post beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of powder-post beetle?
The plural of powder-post beetle is powder-post beetles.

Words near powder-post beetle in the dictionary

  1. powder-down feathers
  2. powder-down patch
  3. powder-down patches
  4. powder-forte
  5. powder-post
  6. powder-post beetle
  7. powder-post beetles
  8. powder-posted
  9. powder-puff
  10. powderable
  11. powdercoat

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