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Borer may refer to:

Insects

Common furniture beetle, also known as the common house borer
Shoot borer
Stem borer
Twig borer

Moths

Chilo (moth)
Diatraea grandiosella, southwestern corn borer
Podosesia syringae, ash borer or lilac borer
Melittia cucurbitae, squash vine borer, a pest of cucurbit vines
Ostrinia, pests of maize and other plants

Beetles

Cosmopolites sordidus (banana stemborer), a true weevil in genus Cosmopolites
Ptinidae, a family of beetles, especially:
- Anobium punctatum, common furniture borer
Woodboring beetles

Devices

Cork borer, a tool of the chemistry laboratory
Raise borer, a mining machine
Instep borer, an instrument of torture
Tunnel boring machine
Reamer, a rotary cutting tool used in metalworking
Drill

Other

Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer, a fictional mammal
Borer Lake, United States
בורר ("borer"), Sorting/Purification, one of the activities prohibited in Jewish law on Shabbat

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+{{wiktionary|borer}}
 '''Borer''' may refer to:
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-* Insects:
+== Insects ==
+* [[Common furniture beetle]], also known as the common house borer
-** Moths:
-*** ''[[Podosesia syringae]]
+* [[Shoot borer]]
+* [[Stem borer]]
-*** ''[[Melittia cucurbitae]]'', a pest of cucurbit vines
+* [[Twig borer]]
-*** ''[[Ostrinia nubilalis]]'', a pest of [[maize]]
+=== Moths ===
-** [[Anobiidae]], a family of beetles, especially:
+*[[Chilo (moth)|''Chilo'' (moth)]]
-*** ''[[Anobium punctatum]]''
+*''[[Diatraea grandiosella]]'', southwestern corn borer
-** [[Woodboring beetle]]s
+*''[[Podosesia syringae]]'', ash borer or lilac borer
-* Devices:
+*''[[Melittia cucurbitae]]'', squash vine borer, a pest of cucurbit vines
-** [[Cork borer]], a tool of the chemistry laboratory
+*''[[Ostrinia]]'', pests of maize and other plants
-** [[Raise borer]], a mining machine
-** [[Instep borer]], an instrument of torture
+=== Beetles ===
-** [[Tunnel boring machine]]
+* ''[[Cosmopolites sordidus]]'' (banana stemborer), a true weevil in genus ''[[Cosmopolites]]''
-** [[Reamer]]
+* [[Ptinidae]], a family of beetles, especially:
-** [[Drill]]
+** ''[[Anobium punctatum]]'', common furniture borer
-* Other:
+* [[Woodboring beetle]]s
-** [[Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer]], a fictional mammal
-** [[Borer Lake]], United States
+== Devices ==
-** [[Borer Chemie AG]], a [[Swiss]] chemical company [http://www.borer.ch/cgi-bin/flexi030711?MT=main Borer Chemie AG]
+* [[Cork borer]], a tool of the chemistry laboratory
-** [[borer-design]], a [[Swiss]] and [[German]] product and furniture design company[http://www.borer-design.com]
+* [[Raise borer]], a mining machine
-{{disambig}}
+* [[Instep borer]], an instrument of torture
+* [[Tunnel boring machine]]
+* [[Reamer]], a rotary cutting tool used in metalworking
+* [[Drill]]
+== Other ==
+* [[Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer]], a fictional mammal
+* [[Borer Lake]], United States
+* בורר ("borer"), [[Activities prohibited on Shabbat#Sorting/Purification|Sorting/Purification]], one of the activities prohibited in Jewish law on Shabbat
+{{disambiguation}}
+[[Category:Animal common name disambiguation pages]]