woodborer

• Substantivo que designa diversos insetos, larvas ou moluscos que perfuram madeira, muitas vezes causando danos a madeiras serradas ou a estruturas de madeira.

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.

   Broca-da-madeira

   • 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.

   Sinônimosborerwoodworm