sawfly
IPA: sˈɔfɫaɪ
noun
- Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
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Examples of "sawfly" in Sentences
- The larch sawfly is a species of sawfly.
- The larch sawfly is the most destructive.
- The pear slug or cherry slug is a sawfly larva.
- The cherry slug or pear slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi .
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