| NOUN | animal | sphecoid, sphecoid wasp | any of various solitary wasps |
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| Meaning | Any of various solitary wasps. | |
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| Synonym | sphecoid wasp | |
| Member of | Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea | families ... / families Sphecidae and Stizidae |
| Narrower | digger wasp | solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae |
| mason wasp | solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young | |
| mud dauber | wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae | |
| Broader | wasp | social 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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