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flatheaded borer

noun

  1. the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, having an expanded and flattened anterior end.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flatheaded borer1

First recorded in 1880–85
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The researchers in the College of Agriculture will focus on the flatheaded borer.

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