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pruner |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pruner \Prun"er\, n. 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum m[oe]stum}), 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pruner n : a long-handled tool with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn: {pruning hook}]
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