| 单词 | sawfly |
| 释义 | sawfly (once / 211060 pages) n WORD FAMILY sawfly: sawflies USAGE EXAMPLESThe dogwood sawfly is a relatively new pest in our area. Seattle Times(Oct 13, 2016) It emerged that the larvae are from the ash sawfly. BBC(Jun 08, 2016) The wing sounds of approaching parasitic flies warn the larvae of some sawflies to herd together for protection. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) n insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant Hypo|Hyper Fenusa pusilla, birch leaf miner small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing |
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