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POTTER WASP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potter wasp mean? 

POTTER WASP (noun)
  The noun POTTER WASP has 1 sense:

1. any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggsplay

  Familiarity information: POTTER WASP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTTER WASP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("potter wasp" is a kind of...):

vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)

Holonyms ("potter wasp" is a member of...):

Eumenes; genus Eumenes (mason wasps)


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