Sawfly
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sawfly is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Word Forms
- sawflies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include galling, syrphid, woodwasp, syrphian, syrphus, hoverfly.
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