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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling, related to, or belonging to the Scolytidæ.
  • Specifically, noting the sixth and final larval stage of those insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis, as the blister-beetles (Meloidæ). The scolytoid follows the coarctate stage of such insects.

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