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MASON WASP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mason wasp" is a kind of...):

vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)

Holonyms ("mason wasp" is a member of...):

Eumenes; genus Eumenes (mason wasps)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mason wasp" is a kind of...):

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)

Holonyms ("mason wasp" is a member of...):

genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron (mud daubers)

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