Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which defoliates or strips of verdure; specifically, in entomology, an insect which destroys the leaves of trees.
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- noun something or someone that
defoliates .
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- noun an insect that strips the leaves from plants
Etymologies
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Examples
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A diprionid sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is the most serious defoliator of pine forests in northern Europe.
Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic 2009
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Tapinenthus dodoneifolius, and the defoliator Plecoptra reflexa.
Chapter 7 1983
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Acacia decurrens is susceptible to the defoliator Acanthopsyche junode, but less so than Acacia mearnsii.
Chapter 6 1983
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We've got the Malevolence and a defoliator in the span of one season.
starwars.com Blogs Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi 2009
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The Northern Walkingstick is a defoliator of deciduous trees in stick bug and depending on your location it could be called one many of other things.
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A new propane defoliator developed by researchers in California improves on slow-moving designs that relied on still air for radiant heat transfer.
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The Northern Walkingstick is a defoliator of deciduous trees in stick bug and depending on your location it could be called one many of other things.
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The new defoliator propels a stream of moving air, heated to 380 degrees F through the cotton canopy.
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Effects of climate change on insect defoliator population processes in Canada’s boreal forest: some plausible scenarios.
Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic 2009
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Effects of climate change on insect defoliator population processes in Canada’s boreal forest: some plausible scenarios.
Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic 2009
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