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sphecid

sphecid adjective: of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps.

Adjective

sphecid (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps.
    • The coloring indicates it’s a female. The males are smaller and mostly black. And you might not have been able to tell, but the sphecid wasps have a very narrow, threadlike waist.2016 September 8, Joan Morris, “What’s been stealing my stuffing?”, in The Mercury News

Noun

sphecid (plural sphecids)

  1. A wasp in the Sphecidae family.

Forms of sphecid

pluralsphecids

Questions about sphecid

What does sphecid mean?
Sphecid means of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps.
What part of speech is sphecid?
Sphecid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sphecid in the dictionary

  1. SPHE
  2. sphear
  3. spheare
  4. spheares
  5. sphears
  6. sphecid
  7. sphecids
  8. sphecoid
  9. spheges
  10. spheksophobia
  11. sphen-

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