Sawfly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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