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DEFOLIATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defoliator mean?
• DEFOLIATOR (noun)
The noun DEFOLIATOR has 1 sense:
1. an insect that strips the leaves from plants
Familiarity information: DEFOLIATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An insect that strips the leaves from plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("defoliator" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Derivation:
defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)
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