单词 | mud wasp |
释义 | > as lemmasmud wasp mud wasp n. (a) U.S. = mud-dauber n. 1; (b) Australian = mason wasp n. at mason n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of genus Sceliphron (mud-dauber) mud wasp1824 mud-dauber1856 1824 Old Colony Memorial (Plymouth, Mass.) 6 Mar. A sort of would-be dandy; having the bottom of his waist pinched up to the size of a quart pot, and thus resembling in shape what we call a mud wasp. 1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 338 The common black and yellow mud wasp (Pelopæus lunatus) belongs to this group. 1894 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 9 29 Abispa splendida... Among our ‘mason or mud wasps’ this takes the palm for being one of the largest and handsomest. 1925 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 May 22/2 In Queensland mud-wasps build everywhere. 1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 17 Sept. (N. Weekly section) 23 Mud wasps have homesteaded behind and on my shutters. < as lemmas |
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