Borer

  • 61branch and twig borer — ▪ insect also called false powder post borers   any of approximately 700 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that live in dry wood or under tree bark. Branch and twig borers range in size from 3 to 20 mm (0.1 to 0.8 inch). However, the… …

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  • 62apple tree borer — noun : a beetle having larvae that bore in apple trees: a. : flatheaded apple tree borer b. : a large beetle (Saperda candida) brown striped with white above and dull white beneath that is especially destructive to apple and other fruit trees… …

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  • 63wood borer — noun 1. : a grub that is the wood boring larva of any of numerous beetles (as a click beetle, longicorn beetle, buprestid, or weevil) compare apple tree borer 2. : a borer (as the peach tree borer) that is the larva of any of various… …

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  • 64European corn borer — noun see corn borer * * * European corn borer, = corn borer. (Cf. ↑corn borer) …

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  • 65Strawberry borer — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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  • 66Bronze birch borer — Taxobox name = Bronze birch borer image width = 220px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Buprestidae genus = Agrilus species = A. anxius binomial = Agrilus anxius binomial authority = Gory, 1841The …

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  • 67Reto Borer — Bo Katzman (* 18. April 1952 als Reto Borer) ist Schweizer Musiker, Sänger, und Leiter des erfolgreichsten Gospelchors Europas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biographie 1.1 Anfänge 1.2 Rockmusik 1.3 …

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  • 68corn borer — noun 1. larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize • Syn: ↑Pyrausta nubilalis • Hypernyms: ↑caterpillar • Member Holonyms: ↑Pyralidae, ↑family Pyralidae, ↑Pyralididae, ↑ …

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  • 69cane borer — noun : any of various insects having larvae that bore into the pith and destroy the stalks of certain plants see raspberry cane borer, sugarcane borer * * * cane borer, any one of various American beetles whose larvae bore in the canes of the… …

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  • 70shot borer — noun : shot hole borer * * * shot borer, a small beetle which bores many minute holes in trees; pin borer …

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