MUD DAUBER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud dauber" is a kind of...):

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)

Holonyms ("mud dauber" is a member of...):

family Sphecidae; Sphecidae (mud daubers; some digger wasps)

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