About The Word Sawfly
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Sawfly
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What's The Definition Of Sawfly?
[n] insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sawfly: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sawfly: See Also | birch leaf miner | family Tenthredinidae | Fenusa pusilla | hymenopter | hymenopteran | hymenopteron | hymenopterous insect | Tenthredinidae Sawfly In Webster's Dictionary \Saw"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects
belonging to the family {Tenthredinid[ae]}. 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 larv[ae] resemble those
of Lepidoptera.
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