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LEAF MINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf miner mean?
• LEAF MINER (noun)
The noun LEAF MINER has 1 sense:
1. any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
Familiarity information: LEAF MINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
leaf-miner; leaf miner
Hypernyms ("leaf miner" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
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