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BORER HOLE

Specialty Definition: BORER HOLE

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Biology & Biotechnology

A bore hole in wood or bark made by an adult insect or by a larvae. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Any sort of passage, tubular or irregular, made by an organism feeding or excavating, more particularly by insects and marine borers. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BORER HOLE

Language Translations for "BORER HOLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

borehul (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, insect hole, needle hole, pin hole, pinworm hole, shot hole, trial pit, tunnel), boregang (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

boorgat of boortunnel veroorzackt door een boorder(boorkever) (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toukkakäytävä (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

French

  

galerie d'insecte xylophage (bore, bore hole), galerie d'insecte (bore hole). (various references)

   

German

  

Bohrgang (bore hole, gallery, insect hole, mine, tunnel), Insektenfrassgang (bore hole, insect hole), Frassgang (bore hole, gallery, insect hole, mine, tunnel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύραγξ ξυλοφάγου,οπή ξυλοφάγου (bore, bore hole, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tunnel (tunnel), perforazione di insetto (bore hole, insect hole), perforazione (boring, drilling, perforation), galleria di insetto (bore hole, insect hole), galleria (arcade, balcony, circle, gallery, tunnel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orerbay olehay

   

Portuguese

  

galeria de inseto (bore hole, insect hole), galeria de insecto xilófago (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mina de insecto (bore hole, insect hole), galería de insecto xilófago (bore, bore hole, burrow, grub, hole, tunnel), galería de insecto (bore hole, insect hole). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

larvgång (bore, bore hole, grub, hole, tunnel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BORER HOLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-h-l-o-o-r-r"

-1 letter: borehole.

-3 letters: bolero, rebore.

-4 letters: borer, obole, rebel, roble.

-5 letters: beer, bole, bolo, boor, bore, bree, broo, hebe, heel, helo, herb, here, herl, hero, hobo, hoer, hole, leer, lehr, lobe, lobo, lore, oboe, obol, oleo, orle, reel, robe, role.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-h-l-o-o-r-r"
 

+5 letters: thermoformable, troubleshooter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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