Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pruner"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pruner \Prun"er\, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of beetles whose
larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to
fall, especially the American oak pruner ({Asemum
m[oe]stum}), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches,
and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside
nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a
pupa.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pruner
n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
"untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: {trimmer}]
2: a long-handled edge tool with a curved blade at the end and
sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn: {pruning
hook}, {lopper}]
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