'Twig borer' definitions:

Definition of 'Twig borer'

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  • Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g, zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. [1913 Webster]
  • The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
  • Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
  • Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw. [1913 Webster]