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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A notable genus of digger-wasps, of the family Bmbecidæ, having the middle tibiæ armed with two spurs at the apex, and the marginal cell of the fore wings lanceolate.

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  • noun large solitary wasps: cicada killer

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