Girdler

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who girdles.

II. Girdler ·noun A maker of girdles.

III. Girdler ·noun 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.