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sphecid

[sfee-sid]

adjective

1.

belonging or pertaining to the Sphecidae, a family of solitary wasps, including the mud daubers, sand wasps, etc.

noun

2.

a sphecid wasp.

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Origin:
< Neo-Latin Sphecidae, equivalent to Sphec- (stem of Sphex) name of a genus (< Greek sphêx wasp) + -idae -idae; see -id²

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