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SAWYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
Synonyms:
sawyer; sawyer beetle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sawyer" is a kind of...):
long-horned beetle; longicorn; longicorn beetle (long-bodied beetle having very long antennae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawyer"):
pine sawyer (large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees)
Holonyms ("sawyer" is a member of...):
genus Monochamus; Monochamus (sawyer beetles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One who is employed to saw wood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sawyer" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
Derivation:
saw (cut with a saw)