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borer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bore bit, rock drill, stone drill |
| Type of | drill |
| Has types | cross bit, star drill, straight-fluted drill, straight flute |
| Derivation | bore |
borer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | woodborer |
| Type of | invertebrate |
| Derivation | bore |
Examples of borer
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Think of the emerald ash borer, a small Asian beetle found near Detroit in 2002.
From the dispatch.com
Among the most promising of these new candidates is a stem borer from Hong Kong.
From the sciencedaily.com
In Ontario, the borer infected 23 new sites to the east, all beyond the firewall.
From the sciencedaily.com
The gene's product, Cry9C, makes maize more resistant to the European corn borer.
From the newscientist.com
Once eggs hatch in Bt corn, young borer larvae feed and die within 24 to 48 hours.
From the sciencedaily.com
Proper cultural care is vital to prevent borer infestation in the remaining trees.
From the sacbee.com
The borer does not spare healthy mature trees, nor does it pass over saplings.
From the kentucky.com
Shaw said that he is hopeful they have eradicated the ash borer in Fairfax County.
From the washingtonpost.com
The borer was detected for the first time in Kansas in August in Wyandotte County.
From the kansas.com
- Bore bit: a drill for penetrating rock
- Woodborer: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
- Borer is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.
- (Borers) Worm-like larvae of beetles or clearwing moths that damage both woody and herbaceous plants by boring into and tunneling beneath the bark of tree and shrub trunks and twigs or within the stems of herbaceous plants, often killing the host plant.
- (Borers) Pests with chewing mouth parts that bore into seeds, stems, tubers, fruit trees and others. (Corn borers, white grubs, coddling moths, Etc.)
- Relates to an organism that bores into and feeds on the woody and non-woody portions of plants.
- Employed to cut holes by hand in pottery, for example to connect the tea pot to the spout.
- An insect that develops from an egg laid in the bamboo, damaging the bamboo in larval stage
- Any destructive, wood-eating insect.
