spheksophobia
spheksophobia noun: fear of wasps.
Noun
spheksophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of wasps.
- A few episodes of harvesting ripe peaches and plums and getting viciously stung by the winged insects hiding inside the splitting fruit is more than sufficient to trigger a bout of spheksophobia, the fear of wasps.2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, page 211
- I want to hear from others who are scared of being stung so they stay away from fun occasions to avoid the possibility.2006 December 7, A MUZEing.., “It's nearly summer.. spheksophobia season!”, in Plenty Of Fish, retrieved 28 Jun 2010
spheksophobia meaning in Tamil
spheksophobia in Tamil
- குளவி வெருளி
Origin of spheksophobia
From Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) + -phobia.
Questions about spheksophobia
- What does spheksophobia mean?
- Spheksophobia means fear of wasps.
- What is spheksophobia in Tamil?
- Spheksophobia in Tamil is குளவி வெருளி. See Spheksophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is spheksophobia?
- Spheksophobia is a noun.
Words near spheksophobia in the dictionary
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