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flatheaded borer

noun
variants: or flathead borer

Definition of flatheaded borer

: any of numerous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae that bore beneath the bark or in the sapwood of trees

History and Etymology for flatheaded borer

so called from its much enlarged and flattened thorax

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