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pruner
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pruner, n.
- One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. [1913 Webster]
- Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (
Asemum mœstum ), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. [1913 Webster]
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