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ヤツバキクイムシ (やつばきくいむし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ヤツバキクイムシ

Meanings

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noun

spruce bark beetle; Ips typographus

A specific bark beetle species that infests spruce trees. The name is a technical term used in forestry and entomology.

ヤツバキクイムシはトウヒの木きに被ひ害がいを与あたえる。
The spruce bark beetle damages spruce trees.

Etymology

The name is a compound of ヤツバ (yatsuba, likely referring to the eight-toothed pattern on the beetle's elytra) and キクイムシ (kikuimushi, 'bark beetle'). The exact derivation is uncertain.