Catalan Meaning of sawfly

Tenthrèdide

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Definitions and Meaning of sawfly in English

Wordnet

sawfly (n)

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

Webster

sawfly (n.)

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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Tenthrèdide

insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plantAny one of numerous species of hymenopterous insect

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sawfish => peix serra, sawer => Serra, sawed-off shotgun => Escopeta retallada, sawed-off => Serra de mà, sawed => serrar,