"apple borer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apple borers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} apple borer (plural apple borers)
  1. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
    a roundheaded apple borer (Saperda candida, syn. Saperda bivittata)     Categories (lifeform): Beetles, Chrysomeloid beetles, Moths
    Sense id: en-apple_borer-en-noun-FeSth8dv Disambiguation of Beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Moths: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 26 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 33
  2. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
    a flatheaded appletree borer (Chrysobothris femorata)     Categories (lifeform): Beetles, Chrysomeloid beetles, Moths
    Sense id: en-apple_borer-en-noun-wRT8e7ZD Disambiguation of Beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Moths: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 33
  3. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae
    a red-belted clearwing, apple clearwing moth (Synanthedon myopaeformis)     Categories (lifeform): Beetles, Chrysomeloid beetles, Moths
    Sense id: en-apple_borer-en-noun-Y4-ye9Ac Disambiguation of Beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Chrysomeloid beetles: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Moths: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 33 33

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