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Webster 1913 Edition


Skeletonizer

Skel′e-ton-iˊzer

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Noun.
(Zool.)
Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton;
as, the apple-leaf
skeletonizer
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Definition 2024


skeletonizer

skeletonizer

English

Noun

skeletonizer (plural skeletonizers)

  1. (zoology) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.
    the apple-leaf skeletonizer