borer (insect)
1borer beetle — ▪ insect any of the approximately 1,100 species of insects of the family Anobiidae (order Coleoptera). These beetles tend to be small (1 to 9 mm, or less than 0.5 inch) and cylindrical. When disturbed they usually pull in their legs and… …
2borer — [bôr′ər] n. 1. a tool for boring or drilling 2. a person whose work is to bore holes 3. an insect or its larval worm that bores holes in trees, fruit, etc. 4. a shipworm …
3insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
4insect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bug; fly, moth, beetle, ant, etc. See animal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bug, beetle, arthropod, scarab, mite, vermin, cootie*; see also pest 1 . Kinds of insects include: ant, bristletail, louse, flea,… …
5borer — noun Date: 14th century 1. a tool used for boring 2. a. shipworm b. an insect that bores in the woody parts of plants …
6insect — Synonyms and related words: Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Lepisma, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, animal, ant, aphid, aphis, arachnid, arthropod, assassin bug, beast, bedbug, bee, beetle, bluebottle, borer,… …
7borer — noun 1》 a worm, mollusc, or insect which bores into plant material or rock. 2》 a tool for boring …
8borer — /ˈbɔrə / (say bawruh) noun 1. someone or something that bores or pierces. 2. Machinery a tool used for boring; an auger. 3. Entomology any insect that burrows in trees, fruits, etc., especially any beetle of certain groups. 4. Zoology any of… …
9borer — n. 1 any of several worms, molluscs, insects, or insect larvae which bore into wood, other plant material, and rock. 2 a tool for boring …
10branch 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… …