maple borer (maplbor"er)

One of the different insects which bore the wood of maples. IMG:content-0220.jpg:[subsumed][ocr errors][ocr errors] Sixteen-legged Maple-borer ( Ægeria acerni). a, a, larva, dorsal and lateral views; b, b, b, cocoons exposed by detachment of bark; c, moth; d, skin of chrysalis as it is often left remaining in the hole of exit. (All natural síze.) Such are Ægeria (or Sesia ) acerni in its larval state, Tremex columba , and Plagionotus speciosus . maple-cup (mā'pl-kup), n. Same as mazer. The Mayor of Oxford also [claims to be] butler and to receive three maple - cups. List of Claims to Service at Coronation of George IV .