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Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs..
Use sawfly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sawfly means Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use sawfly where its definition matches the intended context.
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