sugar-maple borers

A form of sugar-maple borer — Glycobius speciosus, a long-horned beetle native to North America whose larvae bore into the inner bark of sugar maple trees, causing significant damage.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of sugar-maple borer
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