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leaf-cutter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leaf-cutter has 1 sense
- leaf-cutter(n = noun.animal) leaf-cutter bee, leaf-cutting bee - bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest; Array is a kind of bee
is a member of genus megachile, megachile
CIDE DICTIONARY
leaf-cutter, n.
Any one of various species of wild bees of the genus Megachile , which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are Megachile brevis and Megachile centuncularis . Called also rose-cutting bee . [1913 Webster]
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