Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sawfly

1 sense of sawfly

Sense 1
sawfly -- (insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant)
       => hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter -- (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing)