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woodwasps

woodwasps is the plural 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

Questions about woodwasps

What is woodwasps the plural of?
Woodwasps is the plural of woodwasp.

Words near woodwasps in the dictionary

  1. woodwardships
  2. woodware
  3. woodwares
  4. woodwart
  5. woodwasp
  6. woodwasps
  7. woodwax
  8. woodwaxen
  9. woodwaxens
  10. woodway
  11. woodways

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