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PINE SAWYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pine sawyer mean?
• PINE SAWYER (noun)
The noun PINE SAWYER has 1 sense:
1. large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees
Familiarity information: PINE SAWYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pine sawyer" is a kind of...):
sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)
Holonyms ("pine sawyer" is a member of...):
genus Monochamus; Monochamus (sawyer beetles)
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