Borer
101pump borer — Tapper Tap per, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie}, {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump borer}. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …
102Snail borer — Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus… …
103Sprat borer — Sprat Sprat (spr[a^]t), n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small European herring ({Clupea sprattus}) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; called also {garvie}. The name is also applied to… …
104Stalk borer — Stalk Stalk (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. st[ae]l, stel, a stalk. See {Stale} a handle, {Stall}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. (b) The petiole, pedicel, or… …
105Yucca borer — Yuc ca bor er (a) A California boring weevil ({Yuccaborus frontalis}). (b) A large mothlike butterfly ({Megathymus yucc[ae]}) of the family {Megatimid[ae]}, whose larva bores in yucca roots. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
106Fabrice Borer — (born 24 December, 1971 in Delémont) is a Swiss football goalkeeper.He has played mostly for SR Delémmont, Lausanne Sports, FC Sion and Grasshoppers Zürich.He has played for the Switzerland national football team …
107Wharf borer — Taxobox name = Wharf Borer image size = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Oedemeridae genus = Narcerdes species = N. melanuara binomial = Narcerdes melanuara This beetle is thought to be a… …
108root borer — n. any insect or insect larva that bores into the roots of plants * * * …
109corn borer — any of several pyralid moths, as Pyrausta (ostrinia) nubilalis (European corn borer), the larvae of which bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants. [1915 20] * * * …
110European corn borer. — See under corn borer. [1915 20, Amer.] * * * …
