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skeletonizer

noun skel·e·ton·iz·er \-ˌī-zər\

Definition of SKELETONIZER

:  any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins
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First Known Use of SKELETONIZER

circa 1891

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