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wheat sawflies

wheat sawflies is the plural of wheat sawfly.

Meaning of wheat sawfly

Noun

wheat sawfly (plural wheat sawflies)

  1. A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmeus) whose larvae damage wheat by boring in the stalks.
    Synonyms:
    wheat stem fly, wheat stem sawfly
  2. Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, whose larvae damage the stems or heads of wheat.
  3. Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larvae feed chiefly on the blades of wheat.
    Synonyms:
    grass sawfly

Questions about wheat sawflies

What is wheat sawflies the plural of?
Wheat sawflies is the plural of wheat sawfly.

Words near wheat sawflies in the dictionary

  1. wheat pennies
  2. wheat penny
  3. Wheat Ridge
  4. wheat rust
  5. wheat rusts
  6. wheat sawflies
  7. wheat sawfly
  8. wheat starch
  9. wheat thief
  10. wheat weevil
  11. wheat weevils

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