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Sphex
Sphex
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], a wasp.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus
Sphex
and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp
, under Sand
. Sphex fly
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus
Conops
and allied genera. The form of the body is similar to that of a sphex.Definition 2024
Sphex
Sphex
See also: sphex
Translingual
Proper noun
Sphex m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sphecidae – the digger wasps.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Sphecidae - family; Sphecini - tribe; Sphecina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sphex flavipennis - type species