sawfly

English

Etymology

saw +‎ fly

Noun

sawfly (plural sawflies)

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.

Derived terms

Translations

insect of the suborder Symphyta

Bulgarian: листна оса f (listna osa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叶蜂 (zh) (yèfēng)
Finnish: sahapistiäinen
French: mouche à scie (fr) f
Korean: 잎벌 (ipbeol)
Navajo: tsísʼnáłtsooí oozhníítání
Polish: rośliniarka f
Russian: пили́льщик (ru) m (pilílʹščik)
Swedish: växtstekel (sv) c

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