Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes girdles.
- noun Any of several insects that chew circular bands around twigs or stems.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who girdles.
- noun A maker of girdles or of small articles in metal-work to be attached to the girdle.
- noun In entomology, one of several cerambycid beetles which girdle twigs of various trees after oviposition to furnish decaying wood for their larvæ to feed upon: as, the twig-girdler, Oncideres cingulatus. See cut under
twig-girdler .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who girdles.
- noun A maker of girdles.
- noun (Zoöl.) An American longicorn beetle (
Oncideres cingulatus ) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A person who made
girdles - noun Any of several
insects that removerings ofbark for nest material
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Examples
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"girdler," which meant that his duties consisted in riding through the forest area allotted to him, selecting and girdling those trees which, three years later, would be cut down.
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The mesquite girdler does this by regulating the growth of the mesquite shrub, ensuring their offspring have a plentiful supply of food.
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The mesquite girdler Oncideres rhodosticta may only be 13mm long, but it has a big role in shaping the landscape.
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Các oncideres girdler mesquite rhodostica là bọ cánh cứng sống trong sa mạc Chihuahua là trang trại cây bụi cho ấu trùng của nó .
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Ang Mesquite rhodostica girdler oncideres ay isang beetle naninirahan sa disyerto Chihuahua na ang mga sakahan shrubs para sa kanyang larvae.
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The hickory twig girdler (Oncideres) is abundant in some localities, but not as yet very destructive.
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The twig girdler in the beetle stage feeds rather freely on the bark of twigs.
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The fourth girdler referred to is our familiar hickory twig-girdler,
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~ Nut trees are sometimes attacked by the twig girdler [24] (Fig. 11).
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One of these latter, the result of my skill, was so effectively pruned that fall by the pecan girdler that my work for the season was a minus quantity in all but experience.
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