Crossword-Solution: HORNTAIL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Horntail | n. | Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females. |
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| Sawfly. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZMAECE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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The larva soon finds its victim, the grub of the Pigeon Horntail, and lives on it to its destruction.
Quotes with HORNTAIL (1)
Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore g…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1961).