DEFOLIATOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An insect that strips the leaves from plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("defoliator" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Derivation:

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)

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