leaf miner

noun

An insect larva that lives between the epidermis of a leaf and consumes the leaf tissue.

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Meanings

nounleaf miner (plural leaf miners)

plural leaf miners · alternative leaf-miner

  1. biologyAn insect larva that lives between the epidermis of a leaf and consumes the leaf tissue.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae

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insect

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan minadora de fulles
  • minadora de fullesinsect larva that lives within leaf tissue
Finnish lehtimiinaaja
  • lehtimiinaajainsect larva that lives within leaf tissue
Scottish Gaelic mèinneadair-dhuilleag
  • mèinneadair-dhuilleaginsect larva that lives within leaf tissue
Cite this entry
APA

leaf miner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf%20miner

MLA

“leaf miner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf%20miner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leaf miner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf%20miner.

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