yucca borer

English

Noun

yucca borer (plural yucca borers)

  1. Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae).
  2. A large moth-like butterfly (skipper), Megathymus yuccae of the family Hesperiidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for yucca borer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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