Sphecidae

Sphecidae
noun
mud daubers; some digger wasps
Syn: ↑family Sphecidae
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
Member Holonyms: ↑Sphecoidea, ↑superfamily Sphecoidea
Member Meronyms: ↑Sceliphron, ↑genus Sceliphron, ↑mud dauber

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\\ˈsfēsəˌdē, -fes-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Sphec-, Sphex, type genus + -idae
: a family of solitary wasps (superfamily Sphecoidea) having the first segment of the abdomen generally prolonged into a long smooth cylindrical petiole and including the mud daubers and some digger wasps

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