English dictionary
tremex
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noun
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A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Horntail</u>.
Source: webster1913