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SCELIPHRON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mud daubers

Synonyms:

genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sceliphron" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sceliphron"):

mason wasp (solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young)

Holonyms ("Sceliphron" is a member of...):

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

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