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WOODBORER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does woodborer mean?
• WOODBORER (noun)
The noun WOODBORER has 1 sense:
1. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
Familiarity information: WOODBORER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
borer; woodborer
Hypernyms ("woodborer" is a kind of...):
invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)
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