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Tenthredinidae

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 plural

Usage: 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.