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1. One who girdles.
2. A maker of girdles.
3. <zoology> An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae.
(01 Mar 1998)
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