HyperDic: velvet_ant

English > 1 sense of the expression velvet ant:
NOUNanimalvelvet anta solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae
English > velvet ant: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless.
Member ofMutillidae, family MutillidaeA family of wasps
Broaderwaspsocial or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

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