GENUS SCELIPHRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sceliphron mean? 

• GENUS SCELIPHRON (noun)
  The noun GENUS SCELIPHRON has 1 sense:

1. mud daubers

  Familiarity information: GENUS SCELIPHRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCELIPHRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mud daubers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron

Hypernyms ("genus Sceliphron" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sceliphron"):

mason wasp (solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young)

Holonyms ("genus Sceliphron" is a member of...):

family Sphecidae; Sphecidae (mud daubers; some digger wasps)