masarine

English

Noun

masarine (plural masarines)

1. (entomology) Any wasp in the subfamily .
   • 2007, James H. Hunt, The Evolution of Social Wasps, page 28:

     In contrast to the majority of bees, which transport pollen externally, masarines take pollen mixed with nectar from flowers with deep corollas (Gess 1996).

Anagrams

• Erasmian, Mairenas