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banded hickory borer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of brown longhorn beetle (Knulliana cincta) with orange patterns, found in the southern United States, certain northern areas of Mexico, and the Bahamas.

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Etymology

From banded + hickory + borer. "Banded" is from a partial calque of translingual Knulliana cincta (“banded Knulliana”).