- Oncideres cingulatus
- Girdler Gir"dler, n.
1. One who girdles.
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2. A maker of girdles. [1913 Webster]
3. (Zo["o]l.) An American longicorn beetle ({Oncideres cingulatus}) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larv[ae]. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.