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单词 sawfly
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sawflyn.

Etymology: saw n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsawfly.
An insect of the family Tenthredinidæ, distinguished by the saw-like construction of the ovipositor. The sawflies are very destructive to vegetation, and several species are designated from the plants attacked by them, as pine sawfly, rose sawfly, turnip sawfly (see at the first element).
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Tenthredo1658
sawfly1773
slug-fly1799
1773 T. P. Yeats tr. C. Linnaeus Inst. Entomol. 177 The Tenthredo is called, by some English Authors, the Saw-fly, from the formation of its sting, which differs from that of all other insects..in being dentated..like the instrument from which its name is taken.
1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 249 The saw-fly of the gooseberry-tree.
1840 Hereman Gardener's Libr. II. 169 Zaraca Fasciata, Red-bodied Rose Saw-Fly.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1855) II. 74 The turnip saw-fly, Athalia spinarum.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 343/1 The Pine Saw-Fly (Lophyrus pini) causes great damage to plantations of young Scotch firs.
attributive.1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 331 The saw-fly tribes (Tenthredinidæ).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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