HORNTAIL


Meaning of HORNTAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌtāl ]

noun

Date: 1884

: any of various hymenopterous insects (family Siricidae) related to the typical sawflies but having females with a stout hornlike ovipositor and larvae that burrow in woody plants

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