borer

bor·er

B0403000 (bôr′ər)n.1. A tool used for drilling.2. An insect or insect larva, such as a corn borer, that bores chiefly into the stems and trunks of plants.3. Any of various mollusks that bore into soft rock or wood.

borer

(ˈbɔːrə) n1. (Tools) a machine or hand tool for boring holes2. (Animals) any of various insects, insect larvae, molluscs, or crustaceans that bore into rock or plant material, esp wood. See also woodborer, cornborer, marine borer, rock borer

bor•er

(ˈbɔr ər, ˈboʊr-)

n. 1. a person or thing that bores or pierces. 2. a tool used for boring; auger. 3. any of various insects or their larvae that bore into trees, fruit, etc. 4. shipworm. [1275–1325]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	borer - a drill for penetrating rock bore bit, rock drill, stone drillcross bit - a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges; used in miningdrill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)star drill - a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry; it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blowsstraight flute, straight-fluted drill - a rock drill with flutes that are straight
	2.	borer - any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into woodwoodborerinvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

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name applied to various animals that are injurious because of their ability to penetrate plant or animal tissues. Among insects, some borers are beetles, e.g., the flatheaded apple-tree borer, a serious pest of many shade and fruit trees; the roundheaded apple-tree borer; and the bronze birch, locust, elm, shot-hole, and poplar borers. Other boring insects are moths that are harmful in the larval stage, e.g., the peach, currant, squash, lilac, and southern cornstalk borers and the European corn borercorn borer
or European corn borer,
common name for the larva of a moth of the family Pyralidae, introduced from S Europe into the Boston area in 1917. The corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis,
..... Click the link for more information. . Marine borers include the boring sponges, certain marine worms, and some bivalve mollusks, e.g., the rock borer, the shipwormshipworm
or teredo
, marine bivalve mollusk of the family Teredinidae, specialized for boring in wood. A shipworm is not a worm, but a greatly elongated clam. Its two shells, enclosing only the front end of the body, function as a tool, rather than a protective
..... Click the link for more information. , and the piddock, which are thought to secrete acids that dissolve rock and other substances. The hagfishhagfish,
primitive, jawless marine fish of the family Myxinidae, of worldwide distribution in cold and temperate waters. Its rudimentary skeleton, of cartilage rather than bone, has a braincase, but no jaw. The circular sucking mouth has rows of horny teeth.
..... Click the link for more information. , or borer, is a marine pest that burrows into the bodies of other fish.

borer

[′bȯr·ər] (invertebrate zoology) Any insect or other invertebrate that burrows into wood, rock, or other substances. (mechanical engineering) An apparatus used to bore openings into the earth up to about 8 feet (2.4 meters) in diameter.

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Related to borer: Ash Borer, Wood borer

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noun a drill for penetrating rock

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bore bit
rock drill
stone drill

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cross bit
drill
star drill
straight flute
straight-fluted drill

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noun a drill for penetrating rock

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noun any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

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