woodborer

Other forms: woodborers

Definitions of woodborer
  1. noun
    any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
    synonyms: borer
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    type of:
    invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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