Found 3 items, similar to Borer.
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: bor
anger, drill
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: borer
borer
n 1: a drill for penetrating rock [syn:
bore bit,
rock drill,
stone drill]
2: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into
wood [syn:
woodborer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Borer
Borer
\Bor"er\, n.
1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
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2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus
Teredo and
allies, which burrows in wood. See
Teredo.
(b) Any bivalve mollusk (
Saxicava,
Lithodomus, etc.)
which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(c) One of the larv[ae] of many species of insects, which
penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See
Apple borer, under
Apple.
(d) The hagfish (
Myxine).
[1913 Webster]