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GIRDLER

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gir⋅dler

[gurd-ler]
–noun
1. a person or thing that girdles.
2. any of several insects, as a beetle, Oncideres cingulata (twig girdler), that cut a groove around the bark of a twig, stem, etc.
3. a person who makes girdles.

Origin:
1325–75; ME; see girdle, -er 1
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gird·ler   (gûrd'lər)   
n.  
  1. One that makes girdles.

  2. Any of several insects that chew circular bands around twigs or stems in preparing a nesting site.

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