Sceliphron

noun

mud daubers

• Syn: ↑genus Sceliphron

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sphecidae, ↑family Sphecidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mason wasp

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\\ˈseləˌfrän, sə̇ˈlifrən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skeliphron, neuter of skeliphros dry, parched; akin to Greek skellein to dry up — more at skeleton

: a genus of wasps (family Sphecidae) comprising many common mud daubers and having the first segment of the abdomen narrowed into a long smooth round petiole