cuckoo wasp

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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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They were called La Red Avispa (The Wasp Network) and claim to have successfully foiled a number of threats against the island.
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I was like, “In what world do I look like I would play the WASP-y wife?”
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We later learn that the model, who is the heroine, is a Connecticut Wasp disappointed in her arrival in the big city.
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We understand—who would want to give up the angelic Keita, even if it means raising a cuckoo?
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In his memoir, Belfort describes Danny Porush (the real Azoff) as a Jewish Long Islander with WASP pretensions.
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Among the variety of birds, several black cockatoos and the pheasant cuckoo were seen.
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A lovely bracket of carved wood fixed to the wall held a cheap cuckoo-clock from Switzerland.
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Suddenly he takes out his pipe, plays "cuckoo" to himself very solemnly, and is immensely relieved thereby.
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Soon a cuckoo called from the distance and in a few moments the caravan was ready to move on.
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Soon after he had some lively service in the Wasp, and captured a British privateer with the little sloop Sachem.
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