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SPHECOID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various solitary wasps

Synonyms:

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sphecoid" is a kind of...):

wasp (social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sphecoid"):

mason wasp (solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young)

digger wasp (solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae)

mud dauber (wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae)

Holonyms ("sphecoid" is a member of...):

Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea (families Sphecidae and Stizidae)

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