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cuckoo wasp

Syllabification: (cuck·oo wasp)
Definition of cuckoo wasp

noun

  • a wasp that lays its eggs in the nest of a bee or another species of wasp, in particular.
    • a true wasp lacking a worker caste, whose larvae are fed by the social wasp host (several species in the family Vespidae, including Vespula austriaca).

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Definition of cuckoo wasp in the British & World English dictionary