cuckoo wasp

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• cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic green or blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps. * * * ▪ insect also called  Ruby tailed Wasp,    any member of the insect family Chrysididae (Chrysalidae) of the order… …   Universalium

• Cuckoo wasp — Cuckoo Wasps Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• cuckoo wasp — noun a ruby tail or other wasp which lays its eggs in the nest of a bee or other wasp …   English new terms dictionary

• cuckoo wasp — noun : any of certain usually brilliantly metallic green or metallic blue wasps that constitute the family Chrysididae or the superfamily Chrysidoidea and lay their eggs in the provisioned larval cells of other hymenopterous insects …   Useful english dictionary

• WASP — /wosp/, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S. adj. 3. Waspy. Also, Wasp. [1955 60] /wosp/, n. a member of the Women s Air Force… …   Universalium

• wasp — wasplike, adj. /wosp/, n. 1. any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger. 2. a person who is… …   Universalium

• Wasp — Taxobox name = Wasp image width = 180px image caption = Aleiodes indiscretus parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subdivision ranks = Suborder subdivision = Apocrita See… …   Wikipedia

• cuckoo fly — noun A gold wasp, so named from laying its eggs in the nests or larvae of other insects • • • Main Entry: ↑cuckoo …   Useful english dictionary

• wasp — (Roget s IV) n. Types of wasps include: common, fossorial, digging, digger, social, solitary, hunting, potter, paper, sand, wood, spider, mud, fig, gall, cuckoo, thread waisted; (mud) dauber, yellow jacket, hornet; see also bee 1 …   English dictionary for students

• wasp bee — noun : cuckoo bee …   Useful english dictionary

• ruby wasp — noun or ruby tail wasp or ruby fly : cuckoo wasp …   Useful english dictionary