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GENUS EUMENES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mason wasps

Synonyms:

Eumenes; genus Eumenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Eumenes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eumenes"):

mason wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young)

potter wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs)

Holonyms ("genus Eumenes" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)

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