sawfly
Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera,…Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
» Sawflies are related to ants, bees, and wasps.
Pflanzenwespen sind mit Ameisen, Bienen und Wespen verwandt.
Sägewespen sind mit Ameisen, Bienen und Wespen verwandt.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
Pflanzenwespe
пили́льщикpilílʹščik
- insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
Examples
3 sentencesSawflies are related to ants, bees, and wasps.
dePflanzenwespen sind mit Ameisen, Bienen und Wespen verwandt.
Bees, ants, wasps, and sawflies are hymenopterans.
deBienen, Ameisen, Wespen und Pflanzenwespen sind Hautflügler.
Are those sawflies?
Translations
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Origin
From saw + fly.From saw + fly.
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