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woodborer

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wood⋅bor⋅er

[wood-bawr-er, -bohr-]
–noun
1. a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
2. Zoology.
a. borer (def. 3a).
b. borer (def. 3b).

Origin:
1840–50; wood 1 + borer


woodboring, adjective
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wood·bor·er   (wŏŏd'bôr'ər, -bōr'ər)   
n.  Any of various insects, insect larvae, or mollusks that bore into wood.
wood'bor'ing adj.
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