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cuckoo wasps

cuckoo wasps is the plural of cuckoo wasp.

Meaning of cuckoo wasp

Noun

cuckoo wasp (plural cuckoo wasps)

  1. Any of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.
    • In this volume the author presents an account of the ants and cuckoo wasps.1904, Experiment Station Record, volume 15, page 280
    Synonyms:
    chrysidid

Questions about cuckoo wasps

What is cuckoo wasps the plural of?
Cuckoo wasps is the plural of cuckoo wasp.

Words near cuckoo wasps in the dictionary

  1. cuckoo signs
  2. cuckoo spit
  3. cuckoo theories
  4. cuckoo theory
  5. cuckoo wasp
  6. cuckoo wasps
  7. cuckoo's bread
  8. cuckoo's egg
  9. cuckoo's meat
  10. cuckoo's nest
  11. cuckoo's nests

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