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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sawfly \Saw"fly`\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sawfly n 1: insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant