wood waspとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

wood +‎ wasp

名詞

woodwasp (複数形 woodwasps)

1. Any of various not closely related insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
   • 2007 April 23, The Associated Press, “Albany: Pine-Killing Wasp Monitored”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

派生語

• cedar wood wasp (Anaxyelidae)

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