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bamboo borer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
bam-boo -bor-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bamboo tiger longhorn (Chlorophorus annularis), a longhorn beetle native to Asia.

noun

A bamboo powderpost beetle (Dinoderus minutus), a wood-boring beetle native to Asia.

noun

Any member of species Omphisa fuscidentalis of pearl moths of Southeast Asia, whose larvae feed off bamboo.

Inflected Forms

bamboo borers (plural)

Questions

What does bamboo borer mean?
A bamboo tiger longhorn (Chlorophorus annularis), a longhorn beetle native to Asia.

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