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GENUS EUMENES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eumenes mean?
• GENUS EUMENES (noun)
The noun GENUS EUMENES has 1 sense:
1. mason wasps
Familiarity information: GENUS EUMENES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mason wasps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eumenes; genus Eumenes
Hypernyms ("genus Eumenes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eumenes"):
mason wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young)
potter wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs)
Holonyms ("genus Eumenes" is a member of...):
family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)
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