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.

Nearby words

cuckoo, cuckoo bee, cuckoo clock, cuckoo shrike, cuckoo spit, cuckoo wasp, cuckoo-shrike, cuckoo-spit, cuckooflower, cuckoopint, cuculiform

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