Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sawfly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sawfly \Saw"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects
belonging to the family {Tenthredinid[ae]}. 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 larv[ae] resemble those
of Lepidoptera.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sawfly
n : insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting
eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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