sawfly
(noun) insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sawfly (plural sawflies)
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
Source: Wiktionary
Saw"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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