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Leafminer

Definition: Leafminer

Leafminer

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Leafminer" is a common misspelling or typo for: leaf miner.



Synonym: Leafminer

Synonym: leaf miner (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: American Serpentine Leafminer (biology & biotechnology), bindweed leaf miner (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), convolvulus leafminer, corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, morningglory leafminer, pitch fleck, poplar leafminer, potato moth, potato tuber moth, potato tuberworm, splitworm, sweetpotato leafminer, tobacco leafminer, tobacco split worm.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leafminer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

leafminer

8

birch leafminer

4

leafminer locust picture

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Leafminer

Language Translations for "leafminer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

mineervlieg (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

miinaajakärpäset (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck), kietokoi (bindweed leaf miner, convolvulus leafminer, morningglory leafminer, sweetpotato leafminer). (various references)

   

French

  

mineuse du liseron (bindweed leaf miner, convolvulus leafminer, morningglory leafminer, sweetpotato leafminer), mineuse (corn leafminer, leaf miner). (various references)

   

German

  

Windenmotte (bindweed leaf miner, convolvulus leafminer, morningglory leafminer, sweetpotato leafminer), Minierfliege (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αγρομύζα (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck). (various references)

   

Italian

  

agromiza (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck), agromidizi (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eafminerlay

   

Spanish

  

minador de las hojas (corn leafminer, leaf miner, medullary spot, pitch fleck). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

åkervindemal (bindweed leaf miner, convolvulus leafminer, morningglory leafminer, sweetpotato leafminer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Leafminer

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Agromyza, Bedellia somnulentella, Gnorimoschema operculella, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae, Liriomyza trifolii, Lita operculella, Lita solanella, Lithocolletis populiella, Phthorimaea operculella, Phthorimaea solanella, Scrobipalpa operculella, Scrobipalpulus solanivora, Scrobipalpus solanivora. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Leafminer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-m-n-r"

-1 letter: filename, flanerie, inflamer, rifleman, riflemen.

-2 letters: aliener, enflame, enframe, filaree, fireman, firemen, flamier, freeman, inflame, leafier, manlier, marline, mealier, mineral.

-3 letters: airmen, aliner, almner, elmier, enamel, ermine, faerie, fainer, famine, feline, female, feriae, ferial, ferine, ferlie, filmer, finale, firman, flamen, flamer, infare, larine, leaner, liefer, lierne, limner, linear, mailer, maline, marine, marlin, mealie, meaner, meanie, menial, merlin, nailer, refile, refilm, refine, relief, reline, remail, remain, renail, rename.

-4 letters: aerie, afire, aimer, alien, aline, ameer, amine, anele, anile, anime, ariel, elain, elemi, elfin, email, enema, farle, feral, feria, fermi, filar, filer, final, finer, flair, flame, flare, fleam, fleer, flier, frail, frame, frena, inarm, infer, infra, lamer, laree, learn, leman, liane, lifer, liman, limen, liner, maile, merle, miler, minae, miner, namer, ramee, ramen, ramie, ranee, realm, refel, reman, renal, rifle.

-5 letters: airn, alee, alef, alif, alme, amen, amie, amin, amir, anil, aril, earl, earn, elan, emir, erne, fail, fain, fair, fame, fane, fare, farl, farm, feal, fear, feel, feme, fere, fern, fiar, fila, file, film, fine, fire, firm, firn, flam, flan, flea, flee, frae, free, ilea, lain, lair, lame, lane, lari, leaf, lean, lear, leer, liar, lief, lien, lier, life, lima, lime, limn, line, lira, lire, mail, main, mair, male, mane, mare, marl, meal, mean, mere, merl, mien, mile, mina, mine, mire, naif, nail, name, near, neem, neif, nema, rail, rain, rale, rami, rani, real, ream, reef, reel, reif, rein, rial, riel, rife, rile, rime.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-m-n-r"
 

+4 letters: ultrafeminine.

 

+5 letters: familiarnesses, formidableness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Leafminer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 65 61 66 6D 69 6E 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100101 01100001 01100110 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#97 &#102 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 0061 0066 006D 0069 006E 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

467167727975807184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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