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BIRCH LEAF MINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birch leaf miner mean?
• BIRCH LEAF MINER (noun)
The noun BIRCH LEAF MINER has 1 sense:
1. small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation
Familiarity information: BIRCH LEAF MINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
birch leaf miner; Fenusa pusilla
Hypernyms ("birch leaf miner" is a kind of...):
sawfly (insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant)
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