Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the hymenopterous family Scoliidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Scoliidæ.
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- noun zoology Any member of the Scoliidae.
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Examples
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A pretty scoliid wasp - metallic black with bright creamy white spots on the abdomen - was very interested in the abundant flowers of late-flowering Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum).
Museum Blogs 2009
yarb commented on the word scoliid
The males of all ants remain to this day primitive, nonsocial organisms, closely comparable to their Scoliid ancestors, and in many cases scarcely distinguishable therefrom.
- Caryl P. Haskins, Of Ants and Men, 1939, p. 15
December 4, 2008