1An adult or larval insect which strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
食叶昆虫
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These lepidopteran defoliators are among the most destructive insect pests of important crops like corn and cabbage and other vegetables.
The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
Insecticides kill insect defoliators and vectors of deadly human diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, plague, and typhus.
The spruce budworm is a major insect defoliator of forests in northeastern North America, with balsam fir and white spruce figuring as the most vulnerable species.
2A machine that removes the leaves from a root crop.
除叶机
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Another invention at Hughs's lab, a two-row prototype thermal defoliator, offers hot air as an alternative to chemicals for removing cotton leaves before harvest.
Definition of defoliator in US English:
defoliator
noundēˈfōlēˌādər
1An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
食叶昆虫
Example sentencesExamples
These lepidopteran defoliators are among the most destructive insect pests of important crops like corn and cabbage and other vegetables.
Insecticides kill insect defoliators and vectors of deadly human diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, plague, and typhus.
The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
The spruce budworm is a major insect defoliator of forests in northeastern North America, with balsam fir and white spruce figuring as the most vulnerable species.
1.1A machine that removes the leaves from a root crop.
除叶机
Example sentencesExamples
Another invention at Hughs's lab, a two-row prototype thermal defoliator, offers hot air as an alternative to chemicals for removing cotton leaves before harvest.