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LEAF-MINER

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• 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.

• LEAF-MINER (noun)

Sense 1

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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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