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3 words match “GIRDLER”

GIRDLER n. 3 definitions
One who girdles.
CAPRICORN n.
rvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
TWIG n.
twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus). -- Twig girdler. (Zoöl.) See Girdler, 3. -- Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.