Pine Sawyer (Noun)
Meaning
Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The pine sawyer is a large beetle known for its distinctive clicking noise as well as its larval stages boring holes into pine trees.
- Pine sawyer beetles, although often frightening in appearance, tend not to attack humans unless provoked or threatened.
- Entomologists consider the pine sawyer as an economically significant species due to its impact on pine tree plantations.
- Several species within the pine sawyer genus may be vectors of fungal diseases lethal to pine trees.
- To avoid pine sawyer infestations in forests, timber is inspected for evidence of the characteristic holes and damage caused by the larvae.