Definition of "defoliator" []

• Something or someone that defoliates. (noun)

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• "A diprionid sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is the most serious defoliator of pine forests in northern Europe."
• "Tapinenthus dodoneifolius, and the defoliator Plecoptra reflexa."
• "Acacia decurrens is susceptible to the defoliator Acanthopsyche junode, but less so than Acacia mearnsii."