banded hickory borer

English

Etymology

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

Noun

banded hickory borer (plural banded hickory borers)

  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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