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CIDE DICTIONARY
spherulate | spherule | spherulite | spherulitic | sphery | sphex | sphigmometer | sphincter | sphincter ani | sphincter muscle | sphingid

sphex

CIDE DICTIONARY

sphexn. [NL., fr. Gr. , , a wasp.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]
Sphex fly (Zoöl.), 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.

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