What does "sawfly" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "sawfly"?

Common synonyms include: leaf wasp.

Sawfly

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
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.
2
insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant wordnet