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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sphex

· IPA /sfɛks/
01 n. 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 sl…
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.) See: Sand
Phrases & compounds
Sphex fly — 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.