defoliator
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defoliator (plural defoliators)
- Something or someone that defoliates.
- 1983, Thomas E. Mittler, Annual Review of Entomology, page 305:
- Leaf Tatterers and Defoliators
This group of pecan arthropods can cause damage to foliage from shortly after budbreak until about the time of pollination.