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flatheaded apple tree borer

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flat⋅head⋅ed ap⋅ple tree bor⋅er

[flat-hed-id] .
–noun
apple tree borer (def. 1).

Origin:
1880–85

apple tree borer

–noun
1. Also called flatheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle, Chrysobothris femorata, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
2. Also called roundheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a long-horned beetle, Saperda candida, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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