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doc Definition of sawfly
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    noun
  • insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. 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 larvæ resemble those of Lepidoptera.
  • source: Webster 1913
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