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GENUS SPHECIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sphecius mean?
• GENUS SPHECIUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SPHECIUS has 1 sense:
1. large solitary wasps: cicada killer
Familiarity information: GENUS SPHECIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large solitary wasps: cicada killer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sphecius; Sphecius
Hypernyms ("genus Sphecius" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sphecius"):
cicada killer; Sphecius speciosis (large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas)
Holonyms ("genus Sphecius" is a member of...):
family Stizidae; Stizidae (cicada killers)
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