Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the hymenopterous family Sphecidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Sphecidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of
wasps - adjective of or pertaining to those wasps formerly classified in the Sphecidae before the discovery that bees belong to that group (now known as the order
Apoidea ); the members of the currentApoidea that aren't bees, including other families such as theCrabronidae . - noun A wasp in the Sphecidae family.
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