banded hickory borer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of brown longhorn beetle (Knulliana cincta) with orange patterns, found in the southern United States, certain northern areas of Mexico, and the Bahamas.

Word forms

banded hickory borer banded hickory borers

Etymology

From banded + hickory + borer. "Banded" is from a partial calque of translingual Knulliana cincta (“banded Knulliana”).

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