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English noun: sawfly

1. sawfly (animal) insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant


Broader (hypernym)hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect


Narrower (hyponym)birch leaf miner, Fenusa pusilla


Member meronymfamily Tenthredinidae, Tenthredinidae









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