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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)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that makes girdles.
  2. Any of several insects that chew circular bands around twigs or stems in preparing a nesting site.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Girdler, KY (CCD, FIPS 12191400)
Location: (36.969195, -83.833962)
Population (2000): 3,730 (1,546 housing units)
Area: 71.531870 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 40943

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Girdler

Gir"dler\, n. 1. One who girdles.

2. A maker of girdles.

3. (Zo["o]l.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larv[ae].

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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