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sphecid

American

[sfee-sid] / ˈsfi sɪd /

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Sphecidae, a family of solitary wasps, including the mud daubers, sand wasps, etc.

< New Latin Sphecidae, equivalent to Sphec- (stem of Sphex ) name of a genus (< Greek sphêx wasp) + -idae -idae; see -id ²

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