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Sphecius

noun

large solitary wasps: cicada killer

• Syn: ↑genus Sphecius

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Stizidae, ↑family Stizidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑cicada killer, ↑Sphecius speciosis

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\\ˈsfēsh(ē)əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sphec-, Sphex — more at sphex

: a cosmopolitan genus of large solitary wasps (family Stizidae) including the cicada killer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.