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sphex

/sfɛks/

sphex noun: any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.

Noun

sphex (plural spheges)

  1. Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.

Forms of sphex

pluralspheges

Origin of sphex

Borrowed from translingual Sphex, from the Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), plural σφῆκες (sphêkes). The plural spheges is likely a borrowing from Latin Sphēgēs.

Words formed from sphex

Questions about sphex

What does sphex mean?
Sphex means any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.
What part of speech is sphex?
Sphex is a noun.
How do you pronounce sphex?
Sphex is pronounced /sfɛks/.
What is the plural of sphex?
The plural of sphex is spheges.

Words near sphex in the dictionary

  1. spherulocyte
  2. spherulocytes
  3. spherulocytosis
  4. spherulous
  5. sphery
  6. sphex
  7. sphexes
  8. sphexide
  9. sphexides
  10. sphexish
  11. sphexishness

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