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Definition of Borer

1. Noun. A drill for penetrating rock.

2. Noun. Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood.

Definition of Borer

1. n. One that bores; an instrument for boring.

Definition of Borer

1. Noun. A person who bores, who drills ¹

2. Noun. A tool used for drilling. ¹

3. Noun. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood. ¹

4. Noun. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Borer

1. one that bores [n -S] - See also: bores

Medical Definition of Borer

1. 1. One that bores; an instrument for boring. 2. A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo. Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc) which bores into limestone and similar substances. One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple. The hagfish (Myxine). (19 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borer

boree boreen boreens borees borehole boreholes borek boreks borel borele

boreles borene borenes boreoeutherian boreoeutherians borer (current term) borer bomb borers bores borescope

borescopes boresight boresighting boresights boresome boresomeness borewell borewells borganism borganisms

Literary usage of Borer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"THE LESSER PEACH-TREE borer Sesia pictipes Grote and Robinson This insect is also closely related to the peach-tree borer, with which it has sometimes been ..."

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