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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.

Hypernyms

  • Sawyer Beetle
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