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单词 woodborer
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woodborer

[ wood-bawr-er, -bohr- ]
/ ˈwʊdˌbɔr ər, -ˌboʊr- /

noun

a tool, operated by compressed air, for boring wood.
Zoology.
  1. borer (def. 3a).
  2. borer (def. 3b).

Origin of woodborer

First recorded in 1840–50; wood1 + borer

OTHER WORDS FROM woodborer

woodboring, adjective

Words nearby woodborer

wood avens, wood betony, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer, Woodbridge, Woodburn, Woodbury, woodcarver, woodcarving
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British Dictionary definitions for woodborer

woodborer
/ (ˈwʊdˌbɔːrə) /

noun

any of various beetles of the families Anobiidae, Buprestidae, etc, the larvae of which bore into and damage wood
any of various other unrelated invertebrates that bore into wood
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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