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Definition: Sawfly |
SawflyNoun1. Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | A member of the Hymenopterous super-family Tenthredinoidea, whose larvae feed on foliage, generally conifers and often gregariously. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Sawfly |
| English words defined with "sawfly": birch leaf miner ♦ Currant worm ♦ Elm sawfly ♦ Fenusa pusilla ♦ Pear slug ♦ Rose slug ♦ Strawberry sawfly ♦ Vine sawfly, Vine slug. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Entomologist Allard Cossé prepares a sawfly antenna for GC-EAD analysis. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Day-old sawfly larvae devour a melaleuca leaf in skirmish-line fashion. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jason Stanley.. |
 | A melaleuca sawfly adult prepares to deposit eggs on a melaleuca leaf. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jason Stanley.. | ||
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| "Sawfly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sawfly" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sawfly": Elm sawfly ♦ grass sawfly ♦ strawberry sawfly ♦ vine sawfly ♦ wheat sawfly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sawfly | 21 |
larva sawfly | 8 |
sawfly spruce yellowheaded | 4 |
pine sawfly | 3 |
european pine sawfly | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sawfly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stor stikkelsbaerbladhveps (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), roedhovedet fyrrespindehveps (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), kaempetraehveps (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | staalblauwe spinselbladwesp (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), sparrehoutwesp (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), reuzenhoutwesp (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), ongelijke rozebladwesp (antler sawfly, serrate horned sawfly), hoge dennespinselbladwesp (pine tree web-spinning sawfly), bessebladwesp (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tähtikudospistiäinen (pine tree web-spinning sawfly), pulskakudospistiäinen (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), kirjotoukkamäntypistiäinen (introduced pine sawfly), jättipuupistiäinen (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), isokarviaispistiäinen (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sirex géant (banded horntail sawfly), urocère cornes jaunes (banded horntail sawfly), tenthrède jaune du groseillier (common gooseberry sawfly), tenthrède importée du pin (introduced pine sawfly), tenthrède des conifères (introduced pine sawfly), tenthrède de la violette (viola sawfly, violet sawfly), tenthrède cornes en peigne (antler sawfly, serrate horned sawfly), nemate du groseillier (common gooseberry sawfly), lyde bleue (pine tree web-spinning sawfly), lyde étoilée (pine tree web-spinning sawfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stahlblaue Kiefernschonungsgespinstblattwespe (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), ungleiche Rosenblattwespe (antler sawfly, serrate horned sawfly), rotkoepfige Kiefernschonungsgespinstblattwespe (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), Riesenholzwespe (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), grosse Kiefernsgespinstblattwespe (pine tree web-spinning sawfly), gelbe Stachelbeerblattwespe (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), europaeische Veilchenblattwespe (viola sawfly, violet sawfly), aehnliche Kiefernbuschhornblattwespe (introduced pine sawfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σήρεξ ο γίγας (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), πτερονιδία της φραγκοσταφυλής (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), πτερονιδία του ριβησίου (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), λύδα η κυανή (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), λύδα η ερυθροκέφαλος (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), λύδα της πεύκης (pine tree web-spinning sawfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sirice gigante (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), tentredine nera dei rosai (antler sawfly, serrate horned sawfly), tentredine delle conifere (introduced pine sawfly), tentredine del ribes (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), mosca dei pini (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly), lida dei pini (pine tree web-spinning sawfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 葉蜂 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はばち. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | saaue-whaillag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | awflysay sirice gigante (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), tentredina del grosellero (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), lida de los pinos (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly). (various references) stor hornstekel (banded horntail sawfly, giant horntail, giant wood wasp, pine wood borer, pine wood wasp), snarlik tallstekel (introduced pine sawfly), violbladstekel (viola sawfly, violet sawfly), vanlig tallspinnarstekel (pine tree web-spinning sawfly), krusbärsstekel (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), hårig rosenbladstekel (antler sawfly, serrate horned sawfly), blå tallspinnarstekel (false pine webworm, pine tree web-spinning sawfly). (various references) yaprak arısı, testere sineği. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Tenthredinidae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Sawfly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alfwy, sawel, sawfiy, sawful, Scawfell, Seafly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-s-w-y" | |
-1 letter: flaws, flawy, flays, yawls. | |
-2 letters: awls, fays, flaw, flay, laws, lays, slaw, slay, sway, waly, ways, yawl, yaws. | |
-3 letters: als, awl, ays, fas, fay, fly, las, law, lay, sal, saw, say, sly, was, way, yaw. | |
-4 letters: al, as, aw, ay, fa, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-l-s-w-y" | |
+1 letter: flyways, swayful. | |
+2 letters: flatways, flyaways, folkways, lifeways. | |
+3 letters: fallaways, floodways. | |
+4 letters: dayflowers, dwarfishly, flawlessly, flyswatter, mayflowers, wastefully. | |
+5 letters: flyswatters, playfellows. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 77 66 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .--. ..-. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110111 01100110 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a w f l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0077 0066 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536789727891 |
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