CICADA-KILLER WASP

Meaning of CICADA-KILLER WASP in English

(Sphecius speciosus), insect belonging to the family Sphecidae (order Hymenoptera). These large wasps are black or rusty in colour with yellow abdominal bands. They range in size from 2.5 to 3.8 cm (1 to 1.5 inches). Larvae feed on cicadas stored by adult wasps in underground burrows.

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CICADA — n cicada
Interlingua English vocab
CICADA — cicade
English interlingue dictionary
WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CICADA — noun (plural -das; also ~e) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, ~ Date: 14th century any of a family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CICADA — Any insect in the order Homoptera that has two pairs of membranous wings, prominent compound eyes, and three simple eyes …
Английский словарь Британика
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLER — I. ˈkilə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: kill (I) + -er 1. : one that kills: a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CICADA — sə̇ˈkādə, -ädə, -ȧdə also sī- sometimes ˈsikədə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin 1. capitalized : a genus (the type …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CICADA — (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a …
Английский словарь Webster
CICADA — ( n. ) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KILLER — /kil"euhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that kills. 2. See killer whale . 3. a device used by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CICADA — /si kay"deuh, -kah"-/ , n. , pl. cicadas, cicadae /-dee/ . any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CICADA — n. cicala, any insect of the family Cicadidae (i.e. cricket, grasshopper, locust, etc.)
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WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLER — I. ˈki-lər noun Date: 15th century 1. : one that kills 2. : killer whale 3. a. : one that …
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WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CICADA — noun ( plural -das also ci·ca·dae -ˈkā-(ˌ)dē, -ˈkä-) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, cicada Date: 14th century : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CICADA — noun any species of the genus cicada. they are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. the male makes a …
Webster English vocab
CICADA — [ sɪ'kα:də ] ■ noun a large bug with long transparent wings, the males of which make a loud shrill …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KILLER — [kill.er] n (15c) 1: one that kills 2: killer whale 3 a: one that has a forceful, violent, or striking …
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CICADA — [ci.ca.da] n, pl -das also -dae [NL, genus name, fr. L, cicada] (14c): any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
CICADA — Newly emerged adult cicada (Tibicen pruinosa). any medium to large (2 to 5 cm [0.8 to 2 inches]) insects of …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KILLER — killer BrE AmE ˈkɪl ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ killer|s z ▶ ˌ killer ˈ whale, ˈ•• • …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CICADA — cicada BrE AmE sɪ ˈkɑːd ə sə- AmE \ -ˈkeɪd ə saɪ-, -ˈkɑːd- ▷ cicada|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
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KILLER — / ˈkɪlə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a person, an animal or a thing that kills : Police are hunting his …
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CICADA — / sɪˈkɑːdə; NAmE sɪˈkeɪdə/ noun a large insect with transparent wings, common in hot countries. The male makes a continuous …
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WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KILLER — I. kill ‧ er 1 /ˈkɪlə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ kill , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CICADA — ci ‧ ca ‧ da /səˈkɑːdə, sɪˈkɑːdə $ səˈkeɪdə, -ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KILLER — n. 1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CICADA — n. (also cicala) any transparent-winged large insect of the family Cicadidae, the males of which make a loud rhythmic chirping …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KILLER — n. 1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CICADA — n. (also cicala) any transparent-winged large insect of the family Cicadidae, the males of which make a loud rhythmic chirping …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
KILLER — n.1 a a person, animal, or thing that kills. b a murderer. 2 colloq. a an impressive, formidable, or excellent …
Oxford English vocab
CICADA — n. (also cicala) any transparent-winged large insect of the family Cicadidae, the males of which make a loud rhythmic chirping …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KILLER — ( killers) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A killer is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CICADA — ( cicadas) A cicada is a large insect that lives in hot countries and makes a loud high-pitched noise. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CICADA — (~s) A ~ is a large insect that lives in hot countries and makes a loud high-pitched noise. N-COUNT
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WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KILLER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deadly/killer virus ▪ a killer virus which has already been responsible for the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CICADA — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hear the birds and cicadas, listen for the gentle breeze rustling the leaves. ▪ It …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
KILLER — [noun] [C]Police are still hoping to find the dead woman's killer (= person who killed her).Heart disease is the number-one …
Cambridge English vocab
CICADA — [noun] [C] [plural] cicadas - a large insect found in warm countries which produces a high continuous sound
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
CICADA — n. Any insect in the order Homoptera that has two pairs of membranous wings, prominent compound eyes, and three simple …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CICADA — n. Harvest-fly ( popularly but erroneously called locust in the U. S. ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
KILLER — noun 1 a person that kills ADJECTIVE ▪ real ▪ I don't care what they ask me if it helps …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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