borer
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːɹə/
The English word “borer” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A tool used for drilling.
- A knife fit for a stabbing.
- A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
- A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
- An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
- One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
- A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
- The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
Etymology
From bore + -er.
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