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Place destructive insect missing tail (5)

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locus

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'place' is the definition.
('place' in Latin)

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(Other definitions for locus that I've seen before include "a result of a certain formula" , "A defined position" , "Place of occurrence" , "Area of" , "Range - place" .)

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