VINE BORER

Definition: VINE BORER

VINE BORER

1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae] bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially Sinoxylon basilare , a small species the larva of which bores in the stems, and Ampeloglypter sesostris , a small reddish brown weevil (called also vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the branches. (b) A clearwing moth ([AE]geria polistiformis), whose larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often destructive.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: VINE BORER

Modern Translations: VINE BORER

Language		Translations for "VINE BORER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		perceur de la courge (squash vine borer). (various references)

Pig Latin		inevay orerbay

Spanish		barreno del cuello de la raíz (squash vine borer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: VINE BORER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-v"
	-2 letters: brevier, enrober, nervier, onerier, vernier.
	-3 letters: bonier, boreen, bovine, briner, enrobe, envier, ironer, orbier, rebore, reborn, reiver, renvoi, reverb, riever, veiner, venire, verier.
	-4 letters: bevor, boner, borer, borne, breve, brier, brine, envoi, irone, nerve, never, nieve, ovine, reive, riven, river, robin, roven, rover, vireo.
	-5 letters: been, beer, bene, bier, bine, birr, bone, bore, born.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-v"
	+2 letters: overbearing, reobserving.
	+4 letters: interbehavior, interobserver, nonreversible, overbearingly, overbreathing, overburdening, reverberation, verbigeration.
	+5 letters: controvertible, interbehaviors, interobservers, overbreathings, reverberations, verbigerations.
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