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sawflies

sawflies is the plural of sawfly.

Meaning of sawfly

Noun

sawfly (plural sawflies)

  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.

Phrases with sawflies

Questions about sawflies

What is sawflies the plural of?
Sawflies is the plural of sawfly.

Words near sawflies in the dictionary

  1. sawers
  2. sawest
  3. saweth
  4. sawfish
  5. sawfishes
  6. sawflies
  7. sawfly
  8. Sawford
  9. Sawfords
  10. sawgrass
  11. sawgrasses

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