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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Girdler

/gẽrd'-əl-ẽr/ · Gir·dler · IPA /ɡˈɜrdələr/
01 n. One who girdles.
  1. 1.
    One who girdles.
  2. 2.
    A maker of girdles.
  3. 3.
    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 larvæ.(Zool.)