sawflies
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Noun
- Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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| 1 | sales | 1 | 133 |
| 2 | flies | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | salaries | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | slides | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | scales | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | slices | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | shawls | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | sallies | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | safeties | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | salis | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | safes | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | safire's | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | gadflies | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | swipes | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | swales | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | sowles | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | shales | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | selies | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | seales | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | sayles | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | sarles | 1 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
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Statistically Associated: 0
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This Word in the News:
Elm Zigzag Sawfly May Threaten More Tree Species Than Previously Known
Feb 3, 2026 NC State University
Feb 3, 2026 NC State University
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