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MASON WASP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mason wasp" is a kind of...):
vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)
Holonyms ("mason wasp" is a member of...):
Eumenes; genus Eumenes (mason wasps)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("mason wasp" is a kind of...):
sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)
Holonyms ("mason wasp" is a member of...):
genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron (mud daubers)