sawfly (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *sawfly*:
NOUN	animal	sawfly	insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant

English > *sawfly*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant.
Member of	Tenthredinidae, family Tenthredinidae	sawflies
Narrower	birch leaf miner, Fenusa pusilla	small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States
Broader	hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter	insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Catalan	símfit

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