Phytophaga

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phytophaga \Phy*toph"a*ga\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n a plant
     + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.)
     A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
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