borer

1. A tool used for drilling.

   Bohrmaschine

   бура́вburáv, бурbur, сверло́sverló

2. (Multicultural London English, slang)A knife fit for a stabbing.

3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.

   бури́льщикburílʹščik, сверло́вщикsverlóvščik

4. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.

5. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.

   древото́чецdrevotóčec

   деревоточецьderevotočecʹ

   any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore 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.

   a drill for penetrating rock

1. The emerald ash borer has killed more than a hundred million ash trees across North America.

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