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Webster 1913 Edition
Sawfly
Saw′flyˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
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. Definition 2024
sawfly
sawfly
English
Noun
sawfly (plural sawflies)
- 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.
Translations
insect of the suborder Symphyta
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