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woodwasp en · NOUN

Etymology

From wood + wasp.

Meanings

1. Any of various not closely related insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
   • The Sirex woodwasp kills pines and sometimes other conifers by introducing a toxic mucus and fungus when the female lays her eggs through the bark and into the sapwood. 2007 April 23, The Associated Press, “Albany: Pine-Killing Wasp Monitored”, in New York Times:

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Deriveds

cedar wood wasp

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