borer
(bôr′ər)
noun
- a tool for boring or drilling
- a person whose work is to bore holes
- an insect or its larval worm that bores holes in trees, fruit, etc.
- a shipworm
See borer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- A tool used for drilling.
- An insect or insect larva, such as the corn borer, that bores into the woody parts of plants.
- Any of various mollusks that bore into soft rock or wood.
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