HyperDic: sawyer_beetle

English > 1 sense of the expression *sawyer beetle*:
NOUN	animal	sawyer beetle, sawyer	any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers

English > *sawyer beetle*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers.
Synonym	sawyer
Member of	Monochamus, genus Monochamus	sawyer beetles
Narrower	pine sawyer	large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees
Broader	long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle	long-bodied beetle having very long antennae