"skeletonizer" meaning in English

See skeletonizer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skeletonizer.wav Forms: skeletonizers [plural]
Etymology: From skeletonize + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skeletonize|er|id2=agent noun}} skeletonize + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} skeletonizer (plural skeletonizers)
  1. Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.
    Sense id: en-skeletonizer-en-noun-aPXiL2is Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Moths Derived forms: almond-tree leaf skeletonizer moth, apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, apple leaf skeletonizer, birch skeletonizer, blackberry skeletonizer, fig-tree skeletonizer moth, grapeleaf skeletonizer, maple trumpet skeletonizer moth, oak leaf skeletonizer, oak skeletonizer, oak-ribber skeletonizer, skullcap skeletonizer moth, western grapeleaf skeletonizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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