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rose sawfly

noun

Definition of rose sawfly 

: a sawfly injurious to roses: such as

a : an adult rose slug

b : a similar European sawfly (Hylotoma rosarum)

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First Known Use of rose sawfly

1823, in the meaning defined above

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