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wood wasp

wood wasp is the alternative spelling of woodwasp.

Meaning of woodwasp

Noun

woodwasp (plural woodwasps)

  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

Forms of wood wasp

pluralwood wasps

Questions about wood wasp

What is wood wasp the alternative spelling of?
Wood wasp is the alternative spelling of woodwasp.

Words near wood wasp in the dictionary

  1. wood vetch
  2. wood vinegar
  3. Wood Walton
  4. wood warbler
  5. wood warblers
  6. wood wasp
  7. wood wasps
  8. wood white
  9. wood whites
  10. wood wide web
  11. wood wide webs

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