HyperDic: sphecoid_wasp

English > 1 sense of the expression sphecoid wasp:
NOUNanimalsphecoid wasp, sphecoidany of various solitary wasps
English > sphecoid wasp: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various solitary wasps.
Synonymsphecoid
Member ofSphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoideafamilies ... / families Sphecidae and Stizidae
Narrowerdigger waspsolitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae
mason waspsolitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
mud dauberwasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
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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