Eumenes
noun
Eu·me·nes
ˈyüməˌnēz
: a widely distributed genus (family Vespidae) comprising chiefly black or black and yellow solitary wasps that build jug-shaped cells of mud singly or in rows and stock them with caterpillars as food for the larval wasps see potter wasp
eumenid adjective or noun
ˈyüməˌnid
yüˈmenə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek eumenēs well-disposed, from eu- + -menēs (from menos spirit, intent)
- hedge rose
- hedge school
- hedge sparrow
- hedge violet
- hedge willow
- hedge-priest
- hedge-sparrow egg
- hedgebetty
- hedgebills
- hedgebote
- hedged
- hedged (in)
- hedged against
- hedged in
- hedgehog
- hedgehog cactus
- hedgehog caterpillar
- hedgehog cereus
- hedgehog fish
- hedgehog fruit
- hedgehog fungus
- hedgehog gourd
- hedgehog grass
- hedgehog medic
- hedgehog mushroom