borer

borer has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
• n.. A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
• n.. Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
• n.. One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.
• n.. The hagfish (Myxine).
• n.. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
• n.. a drill for penetrating rock