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SAWFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sawfly" is a kind of...):
hymenopter; hymenopteran; hymenopteron; hymenopterous insect (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sawfly"):
birch leaf miner; Fenusa pusilla (small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation)
Holonyms ("sawfly" is a member of...):
family Tenthredinidae; Tenthredinidae (sawflies)
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