sawflies

Variant of sawfly

sawfly definition

saw·fly (-flī′)

noun pl. sawflies -·flies′

any of various four-winged hymenopteran insects (esp. families Tenthredinidae and Cimbicidae): the abdomen of the female is provided with a pair of sawlike organs that cut into plants, the eggs being then deposited in the cuts

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