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DEFOLIATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defoliator mean? 

DEFOLIATOR (noun)
  The noun DEFOLIATOR has 1 sense:

1. an insect that strips the leaves from plantsplay

  Familiarity information: DEFOLIATOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFOLIATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An insect that strips the leaves from plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("defoliator" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Derivation:

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)


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