SPHECOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sphecoid mean? 

• SPHECOID (noun)
  The noun SPHECOID has 1 sense:

1. any of various solitary wasps

  Familiarity information: SPHECOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHECOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various solitary wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp

Hypernyms ("sphecoid" is a kind of...):

wasp (social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sphecoid"):

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

digger wasp (solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae)

mud dauber (wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae)

Holonyms ("sphecoid" is a member of...):

Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea (families Sphecidae and Stizidae)