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elm borer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
elm -bor-er
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Saperda tridentata of cerambycid beetles of North America that feed on elms.

Inflected Forms

elm borers (plural)

Questions

What does elm borer mean?
Any member of the species Saperda tridentata of cerambycid beetles of North America that feed on elms.

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