HyperDic: mud_dauber

English > 1 sense of the expression *mud dauber*:
NOUN	animal	mud dauber	wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae

English > *mud dauber*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae.
Member of	Sphecidae, family Sphecidae	mud daubers
Broader	sphecoid wasp, sphecoid	Any of various solitary wasps