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cockroach wasps

cockroach wasps is the plural of cockroach wasp.

Meaning of cockroach wasp

Noun

cockroach wasp (plural cockroach wasps)

  1. Any wasp of the family Ampulicidae, small sphecoid wasps that prey on cockroaches to lay their eggs on them.
    • The emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa, uses a cockroach as a host by essentially taking over its mind.2007, Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

Questions about cockroach wasps

What is cockroach wasps the plural of?
Cockroach wasps is the plural of cockroach wasp.

Words near cockroach wasps in the dictionary

  1. cockroach of the sea
  2. cockroach taxi
  3. cockroach taxis
  4. cockroach theory
  5. cockroach wasp
  6. cockroach wasps
  7. cockroaches
  8. cockroaches of the sea
  9. cockroachicide
  10. cockroachicides
  11. cockroachlike

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