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skeletonizer

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skel·​e·​ton·​iz·​er | \ ˈske-lə-tə-ˌnī-zər How to pronounce skeletonizer (audio) \

Definition of skeletonizer

: any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins

First Known Use of skeletonizer

circa 1891, in the meaning defined above

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