| Pronunciation: | | 'so`flI
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[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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SAWFLY is a 6 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | birch leaf miner, family Tenthredinidae, Fenusa pusilla, hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect, Tenthredinidae |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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