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solitary wasps

solitary wasps is the plural of solitary wasp.

Meaning of solitary wasp

Noun

solitary wasp (plural solitary wasps)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solitary, wasp.
  2. (dated) An informal taxonomic grouping of genera of wasps that included most of those with solitary habits.
    • In the principal species of the Solitary Wasps, the insect is smaller than the working wasp of the social kind.1824, Oliver Goldsmith, A history of the earth, and animated nature, volume 5, pages 156–7

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What is solitary wasps the plural of?
Solitary wasps is the plural of solitary wasp.

Words near solitary wasps in the dictionary

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  9. soliterraneous
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