Definition
| • | One that bores; an instrument for boring. |
| • | A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo. |
| • | Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. |
| • | One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple. |
| • | The hagfish (Myxine). |
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