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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

  1. a sphecid wasp.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sphecid1

< New Latin Sphecidae, equivalent to Sphec- (stem of Sphex ) name of a genus (< Greek ê wasp) + -idae -idae; -id 2
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The tarantulas may be baby-eaters and sibling eaters and husband-killers, but the truly ghastly actor in this story is the Pompilid or Sphecid wasp, a spider's worst enemy.

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