SAWYER BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sawyer beetle mean? 

• SAWYER BEETLE (noun)
  The noun SAWYER BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers

  Familiarity information: SAWYER BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAWYER BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sawyer; sawyer beetle

Hypernyms ("sawyer beetle" is a kind of...):

long-horned beetle; longicorn; longicorn beetle (long-bodied beetle having very long antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawyer beetle"):

pine sawyer (large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees)

Holonyms ("sawyer beetle" is a member of...):

genus Monochamus; Monochamus (sawyer beetles)