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ˈvespiform, a. Ent.
Also 8 vespæ-.
[f. L. vesp-a, -æ, wasp + -iform.]
Having the form or appearance of a wasp; wasp-like.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 31 The vespæform Asilus, with the antennæ longer than the head. 1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. II. 263, I once found one of the vespiform bees (Apis Goodeniana..) hanging by its mandibles from the edge of a hazel-leaf. |