"leaf-miner fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leaf-miner flies [plural]
Etymology: leaf + miner (due to its diet of eating leaves) + fly Etymology templates: {{com|en|leaf|miner|fly|tr2=due to its diet of eating leaves}} leaf + miner (due to its diet of eating leaves) + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} leaf-miner fly (plural leaf-miner flies)
  1. A fly in the family Agromyzidae, most larvae of which are leaf miners on various plants. Wikipedia link: Leaf-miner Flies Categories (lifeform): Dipterans Synonyms: leaf miner fly Translations (fly of the family Agromyzidae): kaevandikärblane (Estonian), miinaajakärpänen (Finnish), Minierfliege [feminine] (German), minerarfluga [common-gender] (Swedish)

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