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leafcutting

leafcutting is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutting.

Meaning of leaf-cutting

Adjective

leaf-cutting (not comparable)

  1. That cuts leaves; used in the names of various insects.

Origin of leafcutting

From leaf + cutting.

Questions about leafcutting

What is leafcutting the alternative spelling of?
Leafcutting is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutting.

Words near leafcutting in the dictionary

  1. leafcutter ant
  2. leafcutter ants
  3. leafcutter bee
  4. leafcutter bees
  5. leafcutters
  6. leafcutting
  7. leafdom
  8. leafeater
  9. leafeaters
  10. leafed
  11. leafed out

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