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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 saw·fly /-ˌflaɪ/
 鋸蠅

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Saw·fly n. Zool. Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sawfly
      n : insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting
          eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant