woodborer

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noun

Any woodboring insect.

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Meanings

nounwoodborer (plural woodborers)

plural woodborers

  1. Any woodboring insect.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

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borer
Broader
invertebrate
Also see
borer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From wood + borer.

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Translations

Māori tākituri
  • tākituria wood boring insect
Polish kornik
  • kornika wood boring insect
Cite this entry
APA

woodborer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodborer

MLA

“woodborer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodborer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodborer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodborer.

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