woodborer

• Sustantivo que designa a diversos insectos, larvas o moluscos que perforan o taladran la madera, causando a menudo daños en maderas o estructuras de madera.

A noun referring to any of various insects, larvae, or mollusks that bore into wood, often causing damage to timber or wooden structures.

1. Wood-boring insect or larvaC1formal

   Any of various insects, larvae, or mollusks that bore into wood, often causing damage to trees or wooden structures.

   Insecto o larva que perfora la madera

   • The woodborer larvae have infested the old oak tree.
   • Furniture made from untreated wood is vulnerable to woodborers.
   • The carpenter identified the damage as caused by a woodborer.

   Sinónimosborerwoodworm