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Girdler
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noun
Girdler
n.
1.
One who girdles.
2.
A maker of girdles.
3.
(Zool.) 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 larvae.
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