ruby wasp

ruby wasp
noun or ruby-tail wasp or ruby fly

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • ruby-tail — ruˈby tail noun A gold wasp, or cuckoo fly • • • Main Entry: ↑ruby …   Useful english dictionary

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  • gold-wasp — goldˈ wasp noun Any wasp of a family (Chrysididae) with brilliant metallic colouring and telescopic abdomen, whose larvae feed on those of wasps and bees, known also as cuckoo fly, ruby tail or ruby wasp • • • Main Entry: ↑gold …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • Royal Ruby Cycle — Die Royal Ruby Cycle Company war ein britischer Automobilhersteller, der 1913–1914 in Manchester ansässig war. Der Royal Ruby war ein Cyclecar, das von einem V2 Motor von J.A.P. mit 10 bhp (7,4 kW) Leistung angetrieben wurde. Quelle David Culshaw …   Deutsch 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

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