noun
sawflies
• Syn: ↑family Tenthredinidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑sawfly, ↑Fenusa, ↑genus-Fenusa
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\\ˌten(t)thrəˈdinəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Tenthredin-, Tenthredo, type genus (from Greek tenthrēdōn, a kind of wasp) + -idae
: a family of Hymenoptera comprising all the sawflies or now more commonly including various typical sawflies — see tenthredinoidea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.