单词 | potter wasp |
释义 | potter wasp in British Englishnoun any of various solitary wasps of the genus Eumenes, which construct vaselike cells of mud or clay, in which they lay their eggs: family Vespidae potter wasp in American English US mason wasp potter wasp in American Englishnoun any of several mason wasps, esp. of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud Word origin [1875–80, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, massage, neoclassic, pressure point, weekender |
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