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Definition of Skeletonizes
1. skeletonize [v] - See also: skeletonize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeletonizes
Literary usage of Skeletonizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1886)
"Common in semi-tropical Florida, where the imago skeletonizes the leaves of ...
Imago skeletonizes the leaves of Verbena urticifolia in southern Florida. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Unless checked this blight frequently skeletonizes the leaves of even large trees.
Probably the most troublesome pear-pest is the pear-tree psylla (Psylla ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"The damage to the tree is done by the grub of the beetle, which skeletonizes the
foliage of the tree and causes it soon to drop, and in a few seasons this ..."
4. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"Sometimes it devours all of the upper surface of the leaf and completely skeletonizes
it; more frequently it only eats portions here and there. ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1874)
"It inhabits a thin web at the base or near the tip of the leaf, and skeletonizes
the upper surface of the latter. Its length is rather more than $& of an ..."
6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"The most prevalent scourge that roses are subject to in this part of the state
is the little greenish white slug that skeletonizes the leaves by eating off ..."
7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1872)
"It inhabits a thin web at the base or near the tip of the leaf, and skeletonizes
the upper surface of the latter. Its length is rather more than ^ of an ..."
8. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"When quite young it skeletonizes the leaves, leaving whitish blotches, but as it
grows older it devours irregular holes all over the leaf, eating the entire ..."
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