GIRDLER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who girdles.

2.
n.

A maker of girdles.

3.
n.

An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvæ.


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