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twig girdler

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twig girdler

–noun
See under girdler (def. 2).

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism

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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