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Sawfly

Sawfly Meaning & Definition
Sawfly Definition And Meaning

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

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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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