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adj
Of or pertaining to wasps formerly classified in the superfamily Sphecoidea (corresponding to all wasps in Apoidea), now sometimes treated as the series Spheciformes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
any of various solitary wasps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sphecoid wasp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wasp
Narrower terms: mason wasp, digger wasp, mud dauber
History
From translingual Sphecidae (“taxonomic family of wasps”), from Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”).
