Definition of sawfly Sawfly
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What does sawfly mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: sawflies |
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| sawfly - insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant | ||
| hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | ||
| family tenthredinidae, tenthredinidae sawflies | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sawfly (Noun)
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sawfly (n.)
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Part of speech
🔤- sawfly, noun, singular of sawflies.
