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sphecoid

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cdehiopsStarts with SEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of various solitary wasps

Word origin

From translingual Sphecidae (“taxonomic family of wasps”), from Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”).

Used in a sentence

  • The literature pertaining to sphecoid wasps in Quebec may be divided into four broad categories: species surveys, biological studies, taxonomic studies and reference works.
  • Bees are similar to one group of wasps, the sphecoid wasps, but are quite unlike other Aculeata.

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