horntail

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horntail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Horntail \Horn"tail`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of family (Urocerid[ae]) of large hymenopterous
     insects, allied to the sawflies. The larv[ae] bore in the
     wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of
     the females.
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