sawfly

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sawfly

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From saw + fly.

noun sawflies

  1. Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.

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noun insect of the suborder Symphyta

한국어잎벌 ipbeol
中文叶蜂 yèfēng
Françaismouche à scie
DeutschPflanzenwespe
Русскийпили́льщик pilílʹščik

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@misc{sawfly_2026,
  title = {sawfly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sawfly},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}