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woodborer
[ wood-bawr-er, -bohr- ]
noun
- a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
- Zoology.
woodborer
/ ˈwʊdˌbɔːrə /
noun
- any of various beetles of the families Anobiidae, Buprestidae, etc, the larvae of which bore into and damage wood
- any of various other unrelated invertebrates that bore into wood
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- woodboring adjective
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Origin of woodborer1
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