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‖ Tenthredo Entom.|tɛnˈθriːdəʊ|
[Latinized form of Gr. τενθρηδών, -δον-, a kind of wasp; the stem being taken erroneously as tenthredin-.]
A saw-fly: in early use vaguely applied; in modern scientific use, after Linnæus 1748, and as restricted by Leach 1819, a genus of hymenopterous insects, typical of the family Tenthredinidæ, comprising the large saw-flies called hornet-flies.
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 929 Now let us proceed to the Insect called Tenthredo. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tenthredo,..the lesser Hornet, or Bastard Hornet; an Insect. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 81 The black Tenthredo, with clavated antennæ. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Tenthredo, in natural history, the name of a fly of the stinging kind. [1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. ii. 33 Although Tenthredinidæ and Siricidæ are caterpillars, more or less closely resembling those of Lepidoptera.]
Hence tenˈthredinid, a. belonging to the Tenthredinidæ; n. a member of this family.
1890Insect Life III. 157 Tenthredinid larva on black birch. 1913Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 954/1 The Tenthredinid Allantus arcuatus together with a {male} humble bee.., a much larger insect. 1970G. Ordish tr. Chauvin's World of Ants i. 61 The biologist Lange put some Tenthredinid larvae..near an ant track. |