European corn borer

noun

1. corn borer

Word History and Origins

Origin of European corn borer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

The study looked at the damage bugs like the European corn borer and the Asiatic rice borer could do as temperatures rise.

From Seattle Times

Well, Nader still isn’t a panda, but he is a kangaroo, a dolphin, an elephant, a crocodile, a squirrel, an owl, an Arctic tern, a German cockroach, a European corn borer, a radioactive Chernobyl beaver, and dozens of other mammals, reptiles, birds and insects.

From Washington Post

We got two blockbuster traits: resistance to RoundUp herbicide, which the manufacturer, Monsanto, also makes; and the Bt transgene, a soil bacterium that will kill lepidopteran insects like corn rootworm or European corn borer, which are major agronomic pests.

From National Geographic

MON 810 is marketed by US biotech giant Monsanto and is modified to be resistant to the European corn borer, a damaging insect pest.

From BBC

Just as others were about to dismiss it as a “little brown thing,” he said, “Oh, actually, that looks like it could be a European corn borer.”

From New York Times