borer
/ˈbɔːɹə/noun
High SchoolNot in standard dictionaries
1
A tool used for drilling.
2
A knife fit for a stabbing.
3
A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
4
A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
5
An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
6
One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
7
A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
8
The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
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