Borer
Word | BORER |
Character | 5 |
Hyphenation | bor er |
Pronunciations | /ˈbɔːɹə/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Borer"
What do we mean by borer?
A tool used for drilling. noun
An insect or insect larva, such as a corn borer, that bores chiefly into the stems and trunks of plants. noun
Any of various mollusks that bore into soft rock or wood. noun
A marine snail, as Urosalpinx cinerca: so named because of its habit of boring through the shells of oysters and other mollusks. noun
The larva of the American buprestid beetle, Chrysobothris femorata (which see, with cut); the flat-headed apple-tree borer. noun
The larva of a crambid moth, Diatræa saccharalis, which bores in sugar-cane in the West Indies and the southern United States, where it is also known as the larger corn-stalk borer. noun
A scolytid beetle, Xyleborus perforans. noun
The larva of the sugarcane weevil, a calandrid beetle, Sphenophorus obscurus, common in the islands of the Pacific. noun
One who bores or pierces. noun
A tool or instrument used for boring; an auger; specifically, in Great Britain, a drill, an implement used in boring holes in rock. noun
A name common to many minute coleopterous insects of the group Xylophaga, whose larvæ eat their way into old wood, forming at the bottom of the holes a little cocoon, whence they emerge as small beetles. noun
Some other insect which bores, either in the larval or adult state. noun
A local English name of the glutinous hag, Myxine glutinosa. See cut under hag. noun
A bivalve mollusk which bores into wood or stone, especially one of the family Pholadidœ. noun
In entomology, the terebra or ovipositor when it is used for boring, as in many beetles, flies, etc. noun
One that bores; an instrument for boring. noun
A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo. noun
Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. noun
One of the larvæ of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple. noun
A tedious person.
A person who bores, who drills.
A tool used for drilling.
An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
The hagfish (Myxine).
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