BIRCH LEAF MINER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation

Synonyms:

birch leaf miner; Fenusa pusilla

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Nouns denoting animals

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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