DIGGER WASP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digger wasp mean? 

• DIGGER WASP (noun)
  The noun DIGGER WASP has 1 sense:

1. solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae

  Familiarity information: DIGGER WASP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGGER WASP (noun)

Meaning:

Solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("digger wasp" is a kind of...):

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digger wasp"):

cicada killer; Sphecius speciosis (large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas)