Dictionary
ap'ple tree" bor"er
1. Also called
flatheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a metallic wood-boring beetle,
Chrysobothris femorata, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
2. Also called
roundheaded apple tree borer. the larva of a long-horned beetle,
Saperda candida, that bores into the wood of apple and other fruit trees.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.