MUD DAUBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mud dauber mean? 

• MUD DAUBER (noun)
  The noun MUD DAUBER has 1 sense:

1. wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae

  Familiarity information: MUD DAUBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUD DAUBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud dauber" is a kind of...):

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)

Holonyms ("mud dauber" is a member of...):

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