leaf-miner

A form of leaf miner — 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

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of leaf miner.

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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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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