solitary wasp
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solitary, wasp.
Example Sentences
- "In the principal species of the Solitary Wasps, the insect is smaller than the working wasp of the social kind."
- "The Solitary Wasps usually make their nests of clay or agglutinated sand, generally attaching them to walls and palings; a few also burrow in sandy ground."
- "The true wasps (Diploptera) are divided into two families, Eumenides and Vespides. The fore-wings are folded longitudinally in repose. The solitary wasps much resemble the Fossores in their habits ; and differ from the social wasps in having bifid claws."