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SPHECOIDEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphecoidea mean?

• SPHECOIDEA (noun)
The noun SPHECOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. families Sphecidae and Stizidae

Familiarity information: SPHECOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPHECOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Families Sphecidae and Stizidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea

Hypernyms ("Sphecoidea" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sphecoidea"):

sphecoid; sphecoid wasp (any of various solitary wasps)

family Sphecidae; Sphecidae (mud daubers; some digger wasps)

family Stizidae; Stizidae (cicada killers)

Holonyms ("Sphecoidea" is a member of...):

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)

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