meaning of sawfly
1. Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. 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 larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
2. insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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