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VELVET ANT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does velvet ant mean?

• VELVET ANT (noun)
The noun VELVET ANT has 1 sense:

1. a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless

Familiarity information: VELVET ANT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VELVET ANT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("velvet ant" is a kind of...):

wasp (social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting)

Holonyms ("velvet ant" is a member of...):

family Mutillidae; Mutillidae (a family of wasps)

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