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SCELIPHRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sceliphron mean?
• SCELIPHRON (noun)
The noun SCELIPHRON has 1 sense:
1. mud daubers
Familiarity information: SCELIPHRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mud daubers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron
Hypernyms ("Sceliphron" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Sceliphron"):
mason wasp (solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young)
Holonyms ("Sceliphron" is a member of...):
family Sphecidae; Sphecidae (mud daubers; some digger wasps)
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