fig-eater

fig-eater

See also: figeater

English

Etymology

fig +‎ eater

Noun

fig-eater (plural fig-eaters)

1. A large beetle (Cotinus nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.
2. A bird, the figpecker.

References

• figeater at figeater in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.