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sawfly

Length / number of characters: 6
Number of words: 1

  • insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
  • 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

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