sphecoid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *sphecoid*:
NOUN	animal	sphecoid, sphecoid wasp	any of various solitary wasps

English > *sphecoid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various solitary wasps.
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

HyperDic: sphecoid