woodborer

[ wood-bawr-er, -bohr- ]

noun

a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
Zoology.
- borer (def. 3a).
- borer (def. 3b).

Origin of woodborer

First recorded in 1840–50; wood¹ + borer

Other words from woodborer

woodboring, adjective

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How to use woodborer in a sentence

The Urocerid or woodborers are to be found only about trees in which the larv breed.
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British Dictionary definitions for woodborer

woodborer

/ (ˈwʊdˌbɔːrə) /

noun

any of various beetles of the families Anobiidae, Buprestidae, etc, the larvae of which bore into and damage wood
any of various other unrelated invertebrates that bore into wood

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