cuckoo wasp
noun
any of several small, metallic-green or -blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps.
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Nearby words
- cuckoo,
- cuckoo bee,
- cuckoo clock,
- cuckoo shrike,
- cuckoo spit,
- cuckoo-shrike,
- cuckoo-spit,
- cuckooflower,
- cuckoopint,
- cuculiform
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