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bamboo borer

bamboo borer noun: a bamboo tiger longhorn (Chlorophorus annularis), a longhorn beetle native to Asia.

Noun

bamboo borer (plural bamboo borers)

  1. A bamboo tiger longhorn (Chlorophorus annularis), a longhorn beetle native to Asia.
  2. A bamboo powderpost beetle (Dinoderus minutus), a wood-boring beetle native to Asia.
  3. Any member of species Omphisa fuscidentalis of pearl moths of Southeast Asia, whose larvae feed off bamboo.

Forms of bamboo borer

pluralbamboo borers

Questions about bamboo borer

What does bamboo borer mean?
Bamboo borer means a bamboo tiger longhorn (Chlorophorus annularis), a longhorn beetle native to Asia.
What part of speech is bamboo borer?
Bamboo borer is a noun.
What is the plural of bamboo borer?
The plural of bamboo borer is bamboo borers.

Words near bamboo borer in the dictionary

  1. bambollaite
  2. bamboo
  3. bamboo antshrike
  4. bamboo antshrikes
  5. bamboo baksheesh
  6. bamboo borer
  7. bamboo ceiling
  8. bamboo ceilings
  9. bamboo coral
  10. bamboo curtain
  11. bamboo diplomacy

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