Akademik

Sphecoidea

noun

families Sphecidae and Stizidae

• Syn: ↑superfamily Sphecoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑sphecoid wasp, ↑sphecoid, ↑Sphecidae, ↑family Sphecidae, ↑Stizidae, ↑family Stizidae

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\\sfə̇ˈkȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sphec-, Sphex + -oidea

: a superfamily of Hymenoptera comprising Sphecidae and related families and in some classifications the true bees — compare apoidea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.