sphecoid
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| Noun | 1. | sphecoid - any of various solitary wasps wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea - families Sphecidae and Stizidae mason wasp - solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young digger wasp - solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae mud dauber - wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae |
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