English Explanatory Dictionary

sawfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

sawfly sawflies

Etymology

From saw + fly.

Derived words

elm sawfly iris sawfly rose sawfly turnip sawfly wheat sawfly
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