cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic green or blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps. * * * ▪ insect also called Ruby tailed Wasp, any member of the insect family Chrysididae (Chrysalidae) of the order… … Universalium
Cuckoo wasp — Cuckoo Wasps Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
cuckoo wasp — noun a ruby tail or other wasp which lays its eggs in the nest of a bee or other wasp … English new terms dictionary
WASP — /wosp/, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S. adj. 3. Waspy. Also, Wasp. [1955 60] /wosp/, n. a member of the Women s Air Force… … Universalium
wasp — wasplike, adj. /wosp/, n. 1. any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger. 2. a person who is… … Universalium
Wasp — Taxobox name = Wasp image width = 180px image caption = Aleiodes indiscretus parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subdivision ranks = Suborder subdivision = Apocrita See… … Wikipedia
cuckoo fly — noun A gold wasp, so named from laying its eggs in the nests or larvae of other insects • • • Main Entry: ↑cuckoo … Useful english dictionary
wasp — (Roget s IV) n. Types of wasps include: common, fossorial, digging, digger, social, solitary, hunting, potter, paper, sand, wood, spider, mud, fig, gall, cuckoo, thread waisted; (mud) dauber, yellow jacket, hornet; see also bee 1 … English dictionary for students
wasp bee — noun : cuckoo bee … Useful english dictionary
ruby wasp — noun or ruby tail wasp or ruby fly : cuckoo wasp … Useful english dictionary