woodwasp

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noun
Definitions
  • Any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.

Etymology

Compound from English wood (mad, insane, wild, furious) + English wasp.

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wasp

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