Gir"dler (?), n. 1. One who girdles.
2. A maker of girdles.
3. Zool. 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 larvae.
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