Sceliphron
noun
Scel·i·phron
ˈseləˌfrän,
sə̇ˈlifrən
: a genus of wasps (family Sphecidae) comprising many common mud daubers and having the first segment of the abdomen narrowed into a long smooth round petiole
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek skeliphron, neuter of skeliphros dry, parched; akin to Greek skellein to dry up
- conservativeness
- conservativenesses
- conservatives
- conservativists
- conservatize
- conservatized
- conservatizes
- conservatizing
- conservatoire
- conservatoires
- conservator
- conservator of the peace
- conservatorial
- conservatories
- conservatorium
- conservatoriums
- conservators
- conservatorship
- lactose
- lactose intolerant
- lactoses
- lactoside
- lactoyl
- Lactuca
- lactucae