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Webster 1913 Edition

Horntail

Horn′tailˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

Any one of family (

Uroceridæ

) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvæ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

Definition 2024

horntail

horntail

English

Noun

horntail ‎(plural horntails)

The wood wasp.