Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Horntail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Horntail \Horn"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of family ({Urocerid[ae]}) of large hymenopterous
insects, allied to the sawflies. The larv[ae] bore in the
wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of
the females.
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