Borer
['bɔːrə] or ['borɚ]
Definition
(n.) One that bores; an instrument for boring.
(n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.
(n.) The hagfish (Myxine).
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Examples
- Leucodore, clione and other borers, parasitic or domiciliary worms work into the shell, and instinctively the protecting nacreous fluid envelops the intruder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The arch?ologists, as the Record continues, are presently able to distinguish scrapers, borers, knives, darts, throwing stones, and the like. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Beds of coal, lying at a great depth, are frequently pierced by the borers for salt water, and from these wells the inflammable gas springs up. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Pierce