sphex

See also: Sphex

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), plural σφῆκες (sphêkes).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sfɛks/

Noun

sphex (plural spheges)

1. (zoology) Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.

Derived terms

• sphexish, antisphexish

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sphex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)