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BIRCH LEAF MINER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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